Watermelon is my favorite fruit. In fact, I just consumed about a fourth of a watermelon a few minutes ago and I am currently staring at its rind. I am also very tired today after a long round trip to Ojai and Santa Barbara. I thought sharing a few facts on watermelons might be edifying…
Month: August 2014
Birth Order: How Has It Affected Me?
I am the fifth out of six children; technically, the fifth out of seven since my little brother, Robert, died just a few hours after his birth. I was 18 months old at the time of his death. From my perspective, there were two sets of kids in our family: the older kids: Leslie, John…
Childhood Best Friend
My best friend growing up was Patricia Butler. I met her when I was three and she was four, when her family moved to my little town and began attending our tiny Episcopal mission there. Patricia was the polar opposite of me in appearance: she had big blue eyes, snow-blonde hair and was skinny as…
An Unexpected Ending
The other day, I was headed out to Pasadena to see Sarah, Gregorio and baby Luna. Ray was already there so I was driving our old but trusty Jaguar, vintage 2003. I love this car. We bought it secondhand in 2006, and besides having low mileage, we were even able to talk to the mechanic…
James Brown’s New Bio-Pic: Head on Out and See It.
This evening we went to see the James Brown bio-pic, Get On Up, starring Chadwick Boseman as James Brown. It must be said that despite James Brown’s checkered past, I have always been a huge fan of his music. I grew up in the 50’s, ‘60’s and ‘70’s and he truly is the Godfather of…
Six Degress of Separation from West Africa’s Ebola Epidemic
My daughter Sarah told me today that many of her medical school friends in Fort Worth worked with Dr. Kent Brantly, the doctor who has been infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia and who has just arrived at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Sarah did not work with him personally because she chose to do…
A Little Overnight Visitor
We are having an overnight visitor today: grandbaby Luna. Her mom has an overnight shift at the hospital and her dad is headed off on an archaeological dig to Baja. Auntie Rachael is here for the night, too, but we get to have Luna upstairs with us. What heaven to have this girl with us….
Up in Ojai
We have made an unanticipated trip to Ojai since our new well appears to need a few adjustments. It has been warmish up here with temperatures in the low 90’s, but it is a dry heat with an ocean breeze softening it so not too bad. It is now starting to cool off and will…
20 Minutes a Day 