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I’d like to tell you about a vision I had of Heaven.  No, I didn’t see the skies rent asunder and angels flying around.  Okay, it’s not actually a vision in the mystical sense.  Rather, it was one of those perfect moments, a moment when you realize the extraordinary in the ordinary; a moment that you wish you could freeze and cling to for all time.  A moment whose memory you

When I was in junior high, I had an assignment where we had been given mimeographed copies of a map of the US.  (For you kids out there, mimeography was what we had before copying machines, and long before laser printers--the ink was a bit bluish and the smell was dangerously intoxicating.)  We were supposed to use our history/social studies text and indicate on the map such things as major cro

Obviously alcoholic beverages, like foods, are seasonal.  Just as fresh fruit or a light salad are more appropriate in summer than winter, so certain drinks are preferable at certain times of year.  I'm a fan of Scotch whisky, but often canna handle it in the heat of summer (especially not in Florida).  I definitely prefer red wines to whites, but in my inadequately air conditioned house keepin

My 1997 Honda Civic coupe in Milano Red.  I loved that car.  It's 11 1/2 years old, has 223,000 miles.  Been super dependable.  At the time I bought it I toyed with getting a Miata instead, because I've always had a thing for roadsters, and the two cars were similarly priced, similar gas mileage, and similar projected reliability.  But a two-seater with a small trunk would have been too impract