Today is my close friend Randy’s birthday. I don’t think I even have the words to describe how cool he is. He’s like Manhattan cool, and not just because he worked…

    So I’ve been ghost around here for over a week. I’d say, “My bad”, but it’s not bad at all, so I won’t. I’m fine. I had some issues on…

    Want to have a little fun? Then try taking this quiz at Buzzfeed on whether a group of paintings were done by modern art painters or preschoolers. I love the…

      Hello, East of Edeners! Hope you had a great week. I did. I capped it off with more walk yesterday, doing over a mile, pushing Zoe in her little…

Zoe and Grandpa say their goodbyes.     My father-in-law, Keith, was with us most of the week, so I’ve been pretty busy. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t blog at…

  This is a picture of a horse drawn by my friend and nurse Melissa. It’s for her dad, who tells this joke like every time she sees him, and cracks up…

    Born and raised in Bangladesh, a country in southern Asia bordering India and Myanmar, Ilaf moved to the United States at 20 to attend college. After briefly attending a college…

            A week ago, I had surgery to implant a permacath into my chest. A surgeon made a tiny incision and carefully inserted it into my jugular…

Princess Sophia at her surprise fifth birthday barbecue last Saturday, July 6th.     Good Saturday to you! Last Saturday, we celebrated my neiece Sophia’s birthday. She was surprised and very happy.…

Joe passes on these links to amazingly realistic works of art done in oil and some even in pencil.   From NY Art Beat:   Yigal Ozeri salutes his country of origin…