Where it has been imposed, the Covid-19 lockdown begins to seem endless, particularly because the number of victims continues to rise despite the precaution. In some states, sheer economic exhaustion has emboldened a few businesses to open. But, if the spike continues to rise, these s

I saw no mystery in it.  When I was a child of 5 or 6, I made perfume by gathering sweet-smelling flowers, roses, daphne, and honeysuckle, and dropped them into a bowl of cold water.  Next, I crushed them with a wooden spoon and after a few minutes, I had perfume for my moth

Some friends invited me to see the movie Ocean’s 8.  The actresses are great, but I could care less about  females stepping into men’s worn-out roles.  Liberated women can do better. The last Ocean’s movie I saw starred the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawf