They’re Coming

They’re Coming

As Susan and I walked home from church last Wednesday, after tutoring children in a program called “Read and Feed,” I noticed a large brown bug crawling slowly across the neighborhood road.  “I’ll bet that’s a cicada,” I said. Sure enough, we spotted another large...
Injustice On Your Doorstep

Injustice On Your Doorstep

The annual festival of football frenzy and consumer excess is on the horizon. Parties will abound. Millions will order pizza and wings, fried chicken and beer and Chinese food. Millions of delivery drivers will zoom back and forth, hustling from their cars to...
A Hard Lesson About an Easy Life

A Hard Lesson About an Easy Life

Anyone old enough to read this column knows that plans may go awry, sometimes at the most inconvenient times.  A recent reminder: For months, Susan and I had anticipated a memorable morning in a beautiful Japanese pocket garden in Torrance, California, just south of...