Last culminated a number of important events in the Order Knights of Pythias where I hold a number of roles in NewYork.

“Being honest may not get you many friends, but it will always get you the right ones.” Best I can tell, this quote is attributed to John Lennon.    The art of being honest with friends can be tricky. There are those that are blessed with the art of diplomacy and can say pretty much anything and you'll thank them for it. It seems most don't say anything while others carry and dispense truth like a hammer.  

How much do you pay for your telephone phone bill?Forget about throwback landlines, just your cell phone service plan?I am the ar

I walked into a coffee shop last Sunday morning in Alexandria, Virginia. It was about 10:30. There was a Washington Post for common reading on the table. I looked at the front page and realized that I had already read the articles on line.How I get the news has dramatically changed over the years.

I walked into a coffee shop last Sunday morning in Alexandria, Virginia. It was about 10:30. There was a Washington Post for common reading on the table. I looked at the front page and realized that I had already read the articles on line.How I get the news has dramatically changed over the years.

The critics and viewers seem to agree that “The Bear”, the FX/Hulu series, is brilliant.  The show is set in a frenetic big sandwich shop in Chicago that serves Italian-beef sandwiches.  The lead, Jeremy Allen White from Showtimes “Shameless”, plays an award winning high-end chef in NYC who returns home to save his dead brother’s business.  

Anyone remember saying these words out loud when your kids were young only to be met with growling, pleading for five more minutes or some creative bargaining?  Feels like yesterday to me.   They say that youth is wasted on the young.  

I need recommendations for some good books for vacation reading. I, generally, like to read science fiction or easy read novels.   My husband and I are, hopefully, flying to South Africa at the beginning of September. I say “hopefully” because we have had to postpone this trip twice, all due to the COVID lockdown. So far, we are closer to actually going than we ever were before.