Category Archives: Reflections

Laver Cup transcends traditional tennis

Posted on September 25, 2017 by

The finals of the US Open tennis tournament in New York City earlier this month were bittersweet matches for me. Sweet because my all-time favorite tennis player Rafael Nadal from Spain won his second major tournament in 2017 on the … Continue reading →

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to pill or not to pill – that is the question

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

Today I count pills to fill two small brightly colored plastic containers that are compartmentalized by the days of the week with the hope they will continue to help me manage the health of my life and not stealthily contribute … Continue reading →

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Edie Windsor (June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017)

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

One of my favorite heroes was a woman named Edie Windsor who died yesterday at the age of 88. I never had an opportunity to meet her personally, but I know what my family and my community owe her. She … Continue reading →

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saying goodbye to good friends

Posted on September 5, 2017 by

Five year old Finn and his mother Saskia came for some pool time with Pretty last Sunday before they were to leave for the Netherlands on Tuesday. Dave the Dad was home packing for the trip and skipped the pool … Continue reading →

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why do we need hurricanes to remind us what makes us better people?

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

The stories of bravery, compassion – heroism in the face of unimaginable adversity – have been captured by social media and more traditional TV coverage every minute of every day for the past week during Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath … Continue reading →

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it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature

Posted on August 27, 2017 by

The mysterious Mother Nature has once again visited the Gulf Coast with a massive Category 4 hurricane benignly named Harvey which will leave the coastal areas in Texas where I grew up with devastating losses of property and lives. The … Continue reading →

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ho hum…just another total eclipse of the sun

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

Admit it – not everyone was as psyched about the solar eclipse as the weather people have been for the past week or the astrologers who waxed eloquently about how the eclipse was an opportunity for new beginnings to correct … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: Interview with a Mushy Middler

Posted on August 19, 2017 by

The mushy middle – and I’m not talking Hostess Twinkies here. No, the “mushy middle” and the “soft center” are names given by politicians and pollsters to the highly sought after silent majority of the electorate who have never attended … Continue reading →

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when I think of America, I think of…

Posted on August 16, 2017 by

Abraham Lincoln .. Louis Armstrong .. Hank Williams .. Emily Dickinson … Jackie Robinson .. Bob Dylan .. Eleanor Roosevelt .. Clarence Darrow .. Herman Melville … Howard Hawks Regards, Thom (Great Britain) All the Americans I know are wonderful … Continue reading →

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repeat after me, repeat after me

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

I have a confession to make: I hate the white supremacists, KKK, neo-nazis, fascists – whatever name the far right demonstrators are calling themselves today – as much as they hate me. So there. I need to go back to … Continue reading →

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