I saw him enter the gym as I was finishing on the elliptical glider. You couldn’t help but notice him. He was covered in tattoos. “What is this about?,” I thought to myself. Why would you put that ink all over you knowing you can’t get it off? What is he trying to say? Who is he and what is he searching for? Then he … Read more

I was recently given a diagnosis of a tumor in my duodenum – that part of your intestine near your stomach.  Benign, “it” has a history of becoming pretty aggressive, so it has to come out. My logical brain wonders if there are more of them past the field of vision of my physician’s endoscope. Am I afraid? No, not really. At first, what I … Read more

At first, I was struck by the finery of this hotel. Marble floors. Rich tapestries. Smiling bellman. I was awestruck at the grandeur – the mere size of this place. And, then it was so obvious. While it was rich…. it was poor. It was busy yet hollow. People scurried up and down the hallways – all going somewhere – yet nowhere. There was nothing … Read more