Sparky

Sparky

Sparky “Be brave when others are afraid, and afraid when others are brave.” Warren Buffett Let me set the stage a bit. My business is nearly all on the phone, and I talk with many of the same people throughout the week. They know that, if we talk in the...
Time to Go!

Time to Go!

Time to Go! “‘Just in case’ is the curse of packing.” Alexandra Potter Let me say this: I’m terrific at stuffing the travel belongings of five people into a mid-sized SUV. But the very thing that serves me in packing a car hurts me in packing a...
The Blaneys’ Plymouth

The Blaneys’ Plymouth

The Blaneys’ Plymouth “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” Simone Weil Mrs. Blaney lived at the end of our street in an old, Spanish style house, whose every room opened to the garden. The house had been the original farm house of the...
The Window That Opened the Door

The Window That Opened the Door

The Window That Opened the Door “Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.” Tim Fargo While in between quarters at UCLA, I had a sudden interest in learning to make stained glass windows. In reality, it wasn’t all that sudden, as I had been...
“Geef”

“Geef”

“Geef” “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare When our twin girls were little, in the four-to-seven age range, we had many strategies, and even a few tricks, to get them...