Okay, I’ve had it. Last Sunday evening, we were out of coffee and I headed off to the grocery store, the Fresh Market, up on 146th Street near our home. To be sure, I would not have gone out to…
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That’s right! November 1st is All Saint’s Day – or in the French, Toussaint’s Day. Odd isn’t it? I guess technically, it is “tous saints” but it is the day each year that Christian denominations celebrate the saints who have…
Chances are good that you were expecting something about Halloween this evening. Well, while that’s something of an interesting topic, it so happens that tonight also marks my writing of the 200th post for Transitions by The Book. What makes…
As Halloween approaches each year, my mind always goes back to an annual ritual our family celebrated each October. Because when I was a child, each fall, usually the 3rd Sunday of October, but sometimes the Sunday before Halloween (that…
Last Thursday, Janet and I left our hotel and headed down the harbor walk to see the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier that is now a floating museum moored in San Diego. We had heard some great things about the…
Well, we’re finally home and recovering from our trip our west to San Diego last week. We headed home on Saturday after having brunch with a client of mine who just happened to be in San Diego at the same…
Yesterday, among all the other things we did, Janet and I travelled to San Juan Capistrano to see the mission there – started by Father Junipero Serra; and opened on November 1, 1776. It was the 7th of 21 missions…
The conference here in San Diego is winding down and Janet and I decided to head up the coast and take in a little bit of California today. It was overcast this morning and we got off to a slow…