The Kindness — and Evil — of Strangers Coyote: “I don’t like leaving people behind. I don’t like people dying in the desert. So I choose people who won’t die. Migrant: “I have no intention of dying.” Coyote: “No one intends to die.” Migrant: “Yes, but I intend not to die.” –“American Dirt”; p. 281. What...Read More
What’s More Than a Full Bath? By convention, Realtors call a Bathroom with a sink, toilet, bathtub and shower a “full” Bath. Because each of those items counts as .25, a Bathroom missing one or more of them is considered a fractional Bath. So, a Bathroom with a sink, toilet, and shower (but no tub)...Read More
Porsches, Picasso’s, and Stradivariuses A Steinway piano is a hand-made marvel, full of intricate detail and workmanship, sought by collectors and valued accordingly. A true “piece of work,” one might even say. Ditto such treasures as a Stradivarius violin, a Picasso painting, a Porsche sports car, and a Rolex watch. So . . . how...Read More
Northern Light** “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor take warning.” –Old proverb. With Twin Cities temps now (well) below freezing, there aren’t many local sailors divining weather clues from the sunset and sunrise. All the same, I suppose it’s a good omen that the snapshot above — looking southwest across...Read More
“You Know What They Meant” Department Among the hundreds of “spam” emails intercepted by my email filter each week was one the other day with this subject title: “Contract is singed and we are ready to proceed.” Not recognizing the sender ” and having no in-progress deals about to go up in smoke ” I...Read More
