I re-read today one of my very first posts on Medium. It was in June of 2016, and it’s title, Is It Too Late?, told it all…then.

I’ve written a lot of stories since, taken a lot of photos, painted a lot of paintings, planted a lot of flowers. I’m…

I have many interests — too many I sometimes think. After a long academic career, I enjoyed a second full career as a magazine writer and editor. Along the way, I continued a passion for photography. My photos have been included in exhibits, featured in a National Park Service calendar…

There’s a group on Facebook that posts photos taken during the pandemic. A single photo is accepted from each member and it must be of their view from a window or porch — with no people or pets — just the things seen outside by someone inside. …

Roses are red,
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And so are you.

Not all roses are red, of course, so that is a non-issue. But violets? Why would something that is blue be called a violet? That verse must have been written by a man. As it turns out…

I have several spaces in my home for my different interests, but only one for writing. My writing room — my office — was once the back porch of our house when it was first built exactly half a century ago.

The original house was a modest structure, one that…

“Nothing succeeds like excess,” George pontificated from his perch a few feet higher than his fellow students on the terrace of the cafeteria at the University of Puerto Rico. …