Month: October 2001

I never said it before but suddenly there it was: as the my son’s friend came in carrying his sleeping three year old, I thought, “he looks much too young to be the father of one little girl let alone the father of six children ranging up to ten years old.” His wife looked as…

Humor depends a great deal on timing. But sometimes, no matter how perfect the timing is, only the perpetrator is amused. That was the case of James Larsen of Littleton, Colo. He put a bit of white laundry detergent in an envelope, and left it, anonymously, at his co-workers apartment complex. In light of the…

For months I promised myself I would sort out our 32 cupboards, 23 drawers and three of the closets filled with the garage sale finds, clothes, dishes, books, important papers, cleaning agents and momentos. Finally, last month, I sat down and made a list of things to do before holiday company arrived. I began with…

In the wake of the Sept. 11 hijacking of planes that became bombs, the country’s economy also took a hit. Hundreds and thousands of airline employees were laid off, as American confidence in air safety plummeted. Their loss was a gain for national trains and buses as people, like Ricardo Brooks, worried about airline safety,…

It was absolutely amazing how low airfares were last week when our previous plans were abruptly cancelled as a response to the day terrorists hijacked planes to attack America and we had to re-book. In spite of all that, I still wanted to attend my nephew’s wedding without having to make a 24 hour drive…