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My life is joyous. I take joy in rather uncomplicated and unsophisticated things. Like pencils.

I’m not going anywhere, physically. I’ve suddenly remembered where I thought my life would lead — into adventure — back before I forgot.

It’s always been my opinion that we, as a nation, have a strange way of memorializing Memorial Day.

Toward the end of her life, Mom really loved two actors — Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman.

There are some pieces of pop culture that are just about perfect. Gordon Lightfoots "Sundown" and the movie "Casablanca" fit this description.

Sometimes I do hear of things … but they don’t stick until I’m “ready” to listen. If that’s not paying attention, I don’t know what is.

Even when I do speak the language, sometimes I still don’t know what the past is talking about.

The one lesson I’ve learned is that memory is unreliable — it may be accurate in generalities, but not usually in specifics.

Childish things mark Easter as a special time before children can really grasp the theology of Easter.