
Upon arriving home, I noticed a flyer that slipped out of our local Claremont newspaper. It concerned a proposed development to provide housing for the neediest amongst us. Larkin Place is to be a supervised residence providing housing for the…
Read MoreWell, this Monday Jai and I head off to the East Coast to meet our future in-laws. We have a couple of other stops on this excursion. Washington, D.C. to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture, if we…
Read MoreOne of the ads I so like is from a sponsor of the PBS Nightly News. It is from an old alma mater, California State University Long Beach. Filmed at a graduation ceremony, students come processing by a row of…
Read MoreThis tumultuous week-that-was began inauspiciously. I opened the computer e-mail on Sunday evening to check it there were any pressing demands on my time, my money or my brain power. What I found was not some scam from a Nigerian…
Read MoreOn any given day one’s prospects can change radically. Any day can be the one that makes all the difference for the rest of one’s life. Dinah Washington sang it so well: “What a difference a day makesTwenty-four little hoursBrought…
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