I’m not always with my family on Thanksgiving, but I missed them more this year. It wasn’t that I wanted to be with them, I wanted them to be with me, with us. I thought of them throughout the parade. The kids especially would have loved it. I’ve never believed the old saying, “You can’t have it all!” I know it’s true, but I still ask, “Why not?” Cal treated me to dinner at … [Read more...]
St. Paul, Patrick, and Luxury
It was two blocks to Saint Paul the Apostle church, a first, and the congregation was chatty. I sensed it was a neighborhood church and they knew each other. The choir boomed, and the priest spoke as if he was everybody's friend. I liked it there. I decided my Sunday was going to be a window shopping kind of day. I walked to the West side of Central Park and then down 59th, … [Read more...]