I was reading recently the book “The Sixth Extinction” by Elizabeth Kolbert, and in it she points out a big difference between our human species, and other human species that existed (i.e. Neanderthal and Denisovans). Other human species, as well other great apes (a group of which we are a part of), did not, by…
Miss you dad
First camera
I was barely six. Just arrived from California to live with grandmother. I discovered in grandmother’s room a closet full of magical things. National Geographic magazines, rings, bracelets and pictures, beautiful pictures of people who looked like me. Who stared at the camera with dignity. Images i wanted to reproduce. My grandmother then showed me…
Conflict
Los Angeles - 1970 Both my father and mother worked very hard, and very long hours. My father as a machinist in a company that made packing materials and my mother as a clerk for a clothing manufacturer. I was too young to be left alone all day so for many years I was sent…
Coffee
Coffee My father introduced me to coffee, not the drinking of it, the enjoyment of it. He would stir at his recliner and sip his coffee while reading the paper, or just listening to the news. The cup was hot, black and well sweetened. He would not let me drink from his cup when i…
Iced tea
Picking up after father’s life
Picking Up Father's Life We arrived at the large house where my father now rented a room. He had once lived in the main part of the house when the woman who owned the house was alive, and they both had a relationship of some kind. Now, his room was a tiny box, full of…
One
One One's plan for retirement should not include a gun, and a suicide note. Number of items in Amazon Wish List: 115 The UPS driver knows me by name. The neighbors think I am rich as they count the packages left at my door by UPS, FedEx and the postal service every day. The credit…
Friendship makes life worth living
By now you may have read the viral story about the unexpected friendship between Charles Barkley and the late Lin Wang, a cat litter scientist from Iowa. It’s a pretty moving example of the power of connection, how one of the greatest basketball players of all time met and befriended a stranger in a hotel bar,…
Graycloud Approved
As part of this site i will be posting reviews of my favorite (and not so favorite) stuff, travel, accommodations, etc. I encounter along the way - the rating will be simple -Graycloud Approved Or NOT Graycloud Approved Because what does it matter if something is sort of good or has good qualities. You will…
Graycloud 