Here’s a possible irony. I’ve never done the clinical studies, but I’m betting that if you ask most children who do not value school and education what things they do value in life they will list concepts like freedom, free will, independence, and no one telling them what to do. People should be free, they’ll […]
A Different Drummer: Thinking chairs
Gino, Susan, and I were sitting in the garage on a hot Wednesday sunset cooling off on the couch and chairs from old Don’s apartment, talking about retirement plans. We kind of went in a circle sharing our aspirations. All three of us partially want some mystery in our futures. We want to let the […]
A Different Drummer: I’m seeing dots
I HAVE BEEN A BUSY BOY. After a long slogging winter, I’ve finally shaken off the homebound blues and taken to my shoes. When I look down at my phone calendar, the little gray dots scattered across dates that signify a TO DO of some sort have finally started to appear on the weekends. For […]
A Different Drummer: Breakfast
JOHN SAT ALONE AT A WIDE REAR TABLE at Gray’s Diner sipping his second cup of coffee. He still sported a sore ankle from stepping off the curb two days earlier trying to move out the way of four girls coming the other way who insisted on walking side by side. The bell above the […]