In July and August, 2026, while staying in Riverside, California, I visited a different coffee house each day; well, most days, 16 in all. The project gave some structure to my visit and I got to drink some delicious coffee. Here is what I found. My star rating is highly personal. I like coffee houses […]
Overwhelmed By Clutter
My friends say, “I don’t know where to begin. There are piles and stacks everywhere. I am struggling. It’s embarrassing. I am overwhelmed.” Because they are talking about the clutter in their lives, it is difficult to give their complaints much sympathy. After all, nobody dies of clutter or having mucho too much of too […]
Reading Room Rearranged
In my world, if you do not do it yourself, it does not get done. For many months, I let my books pile up in what we call our reading room. I ignored the many things scattered about and piled on the floor. The room was a dumping ground, but I refused to intervene. In […]
Yellow Curbs, Scarlet Columns
Bright colors inside and out — Checkers Fast-Food Drive-Ins want to be noticed. Perhaps this pandering for my attention is why it was twenty-five years before I walked into the Checkers lobby at the corner of Philly Pike and Lea Boulevard here in Wilmington, Delaware. If ad execs and copy writers want me to do […]