State of Grace - Dear Grace
Are you indiscreet?
Recently, Grace witnessed a troubling series of events and thinking about them later, she came to believe that the essential nature... Continue
Please Forgive Me – I Am a Drunken Reprobate.
Happy New Year, dear readers! By this time, we all have been to an average of three holiday parties since Thanksgiving and we have... Continue
Occupy the holidays!
Man, there is a lot to talk about these days! Class warfare, the long-term prospects for capitalism, the newly retired, self-proclaimed... Continue
You’re great! You’re fired!
All relationships are predicated on some kind or combination of currency, either in the form of actual money and all it buys, or in... Continue
Putting the dog in its place
The dog is a lower life form. Sorry, but judging by brain size, earning power and lack of ability to comprehend quadratic equations,... Continue
Just stopping by to take all the dinner reservations and parking spaces?
A word to the traveller: Just as when each Sonoma Valley resident ventures forth to San Francisco or Bilbao, the visitor to Sonoma... Continue
Dinnertime – and the living ain’t easy. . .
Okay people, here is your four hundredth reminder: how one behaves at the table matters, whether one dines alone (there may be a relevant... Continue
How inviting . . .
Putting aside for the moment that Sonoma is having March weather well into June, it is summer and so the season of invitations. Engagements,... Continue
Now appearing at the center of the universe
Deep down inside, each of us knows that “it’s not all about” me. For some, this reality can be shrugged off and he or she can... Continue
Shameless
Has everyone seen “Shameless” on Showtime? Yes, it is cable and therefore permitted to be over the top – but really, even the... Continue

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