Eldora was not big on housekeeping.

She liked to keep the vacuum cleaner in plain sight. Then, just in case company came, she could say "I was just getting ready to clean, but I would much rather visit with you."

When Vince Was Dying

in the summer of summer of 1988, I was sitting with him by the fireplace. Conversation does not come easy when you are with the dying. We were just sort of being by each other. Then out of the blue, he asks me, "What is a catalyst?" I was a little taken aback as my father had an ample vocabulary, why is he asking me this? All I could say was that I thought it was when something acted on something else, it changed everything. Then he asked me "So suppose there were dewdrops on a spider web, and then the sun rose and hit those drops, and lit them up, would the sunlight be a catalyst?" He already knew the answer.

My Favorite Family Is

The family that runs the asian grocery store on Edgewood Drive, here in Lakeland. The family that runs the indian grocery on Combee Road is a close second. And you know, if I love them, then they are something special. I wish you all could meet them, oh, but you can....when you come to visit me.