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The Tax Man Cometh
I enjoy making out my tax returns. It’s the only time I can be grateful for all my medical problems. That trip to the emergency room, for example, when I cut my hand in a kitchen accident (I was in the kitchen by accident — I seldom go there intentionally)... more »
A Celebratory Lunch High in The Pyrenees
From an enchanting and inviting, vibrantly decorated, converted barn high up in the hills, so high that the Pyrenees are practically in the garden, an extraordinary woman invited me to celebrate Women’s Day. Lunch was quite simply stunning with seven nationalities at the table more »
As the Light Grows Stronger and Spring Is Upon Us
"The great bulk of song birds prefer open or partly brushed fields edged by tall trees, with water close at hand, and not too far from human habitations, for in spite of everything, they seem instinctively to trust to man rather than to their wild enemies" more »
Lifelong Pursuits: An Affair With A Creative Passion
The creative energy was absolutely electric. The passion of what these people had endured poured out in multi-media far beyond words. Here they could express themselves in ways they had never before discovered possible. I was lifted out of years of stagnation just by being with them and began to find the talent I had denied more »
