Richard's Pretension

Due to limited space I try to keep my home library to its current size of about 2500 books. Since there are constantly new acquisitions (a b...

My house, like myself, is aging. Built in 1978, it is considerably younger than I am but is nonetheless solidly in middle age. It calls for ...

Several months ago I finally got around to getting my family/personal photo albums in reasonable order. Four ring binders comprise the physi...

The Millennials have aged to the level that Boomers (my group) reached in the 1980s. Perhaps it’s time to reboot the TV show Thirtysomething...

Our friends help define us. We say in essence: “I’m the kind of person who likes this bunch of books, plays that collection of music, and ha...

The oldest surviving Cabinet member from any Administration, the 99-y.o. (!) Henry Kissinger continues to surprise with his ongoing analyses...

A friend called me last evening and asked, “So, what did you do today?” “Nothing,” I answered. For once it was true… at least for about an h...