Yes, I vacationed in Paris
Already the snideness has begun. “We get it. You vacationed in Paris.” “Suddenly everybody is French.” Some among us have taken to social media…
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My dinosaur
Earlier today, I found myself prostrate with guilt when I realized that, as a child, I had chosen a favorite dinosaur not because…
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Mama the Cook
Mama was not a very good cook. She was an inspirational schoolteacher, the kind to whom people sent tear-wrinkled letters of gratitude, years after they left her classroom. She pulled…
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Geographic voices
I would be hard pressed to say which narrator of National Geographic television specials was the best. It is therefore fortunate that no…
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My trip to Sydney
The folks at the International Quality & Productivity Center had a hard time in 2007 finding someone to deliver the International Keynote Address…
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My dampness
I was born and spent my early years in Houston, and I lived there again in several stretches as an adult, so I…
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10 records
Not long ago, a friend tagged me on Facebook to participate in a “10 records in 10 days” exercise in which you describe…
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My new best friend
It is no secret that I hate mosquitos. On the contrary, I proclaim my feelings freely and often. “Don’t hate,” gentle-souled people might…
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The dream with Bob Hope and the piano bench
The dream began with me in the wings, waiting for my introduction. It wasn’t a large theater — a high school auditorium, maybe,…
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Mississippi eatin’
When I moved to rural Mississippi from downtown Los Angeles, I knew I was in for environmental shifts beyond just the absence of…
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