I thought about making this a sequel to How To Breathe New Life Into A Shmata but decided against it. Not because I couldn’t say more about the friend who died and the other who is battling illness because I could. Nor was it because those two stories are an active reminder that life can… Continue reading Maybe I Am Shmata Royalty
Category: Dad
Your Favorite Colonoscopy
It might become one of my favorite posts for a variety of reasons and it is not because of a talisman but because of a couple of memories. Memories that are appropriate on the verge of Fathers Day because they remind me of a couple of interactions with Dad. One of them is from when… Continue reading Your Favorite Colonoscopy
Maybe I’ll Feed You Again
I overheard a woman say she didn’t want to be with a man who had no hair and snorted. It reminded me of a conversation I had with someone long ago where I said there was a good chance I wouldn’t have much hair on my head when I was older. “But I like hair.”… Continue reading Maybe I’ll Feed You Again
A Story Of Vanity & Sanity
They say What’s For You Won’t Go Past You and maybe that is true and maybe it is not. Sat with the the younger Mr. Wilner and shared a story of vanity and sanity. Won’t share all of the details because the the long and winding road to get from here to there isn’t something… Continue reading A Story Of Vanity & Sanity
