Jake’s Midnight Dust Up

  The last day of 2017 found Jake alone in the empty house. The movers had come and gone. Earlier that day Jake sent his wife Rachel off with their two kids to their new home in another state. Jake stayed behind to clean up the house for the new owners. The house belonged to…

Let’s Face the New Year Together…

…the New Improved Year… …as conceived in a recent skin care product mailer… …Empowered, Replenished, Renewed, Fortified…             …Refreshing and Refining…             ….Diminish the signs of aging…                       ….Dewy, healthy-looking finish… …Flawless skin…    …

I’m Getting Over Sentimental, And You?

As we head into the New Year let’s take a moment to not look back…   Sentimentality is that taskmaster which keeps us longing for the leeks and garlic of Egypt, the known-knowns of past life, up to and including slavery.  Sentimentality is gate keeper to the past, fending off reality to preserve sugar-plum memories.  Sentimentality…