Because we were celebrating something lovely, a small group of us went out to eat at a very fancy restaurant this week. We had to make reservations two months in advance and in the intervening time between making the reservations and the day of the meal, I got seven email messages from the restaurant…

Murray came into my life over twenty years ago as my accountant and then he got officially old and then he died and I still miss my friend. Now, oddly, I think of him when I walk with my grandkids because I hold their hands and walk slowly with them, too.

Have you ever watched the limo drivers parked in front of a hotel? They often seize the moment to take a nap, but they also take those resting moments to polish their cars, to dust the interiors and buff out the doors.