Atlanta, GADecember 20, 2020 Herman Kahn once claimed that the only times you can change a man are before he is six and when he goes to college.  In that case, our younger son has gone without influence the last ten years, and won’t bend to any other for another two. But in the interim, […]

Atlanta, GA December 19, 2020 Earlier this week, I lamented that I have penned more eulogies and condolences this year than in any I can remember. Now, a week before Christmas, I regret we must lengthen the list. Throughout the first half of my life, large family gatherings punctuated Christmas Day. First my grandparents, and later my parents, […]

Tampa, FL December 10, 1968 “Oh no!”, exclaimed a disheartened female voice. “You don’t like him either!” Over my instinctive screams, I could barely hear the words. Thru the haze, I couldn’t exactly make out who said them, to whom they were spoken, or who they were about. Then…as I paused for breath while someone […]