Nov 3, 2014 | REFLECTIONS
By Edward H. Garcia On a window sill in my study is a small conch shell. It’s nice but not particularly colorful or beautiful. It’s a souvenir of last year’s trip to Ireland. I picked it up on the Bay of Dublin beach, about a block from the house where we stayed. ...
Mar 3, 2014 | REFLECTIONS
By Edward H. Garcia When my grandmother reached her sixties, she stopped buying nice shoes. By nice, I mean (and she would have meant) something at a department store. Instead, she bought her shoes at Pay-less and discount stores. She explained that she wasn’t going...
Jan 1, 2014 | REFLECTIONS
By Edward Garcia We hear a lot of talk about the aging of the American population and how it will bankrupt the Social Security System and Medicare, but not enough is said about the opportunities an aging population offers. One untapped gold mine for the mature...
Nov 3, 2013 | REFLECTIONS
By Edward H. Garcia I have before me the report describing an upper GI endoscopy I recently underwent. It’s quite informative and even entertaining. It is narrated in surprisingly human terms. It turns out I was coughing throughout the procedure which made it...
Nov 3, 2013 | REFLECTIONS
By Edward H. Garcia The other day I picked up some “artisanal” lettuce at WalMart. It was a little assortment of different kinds of lettuce packed tightly in a clear plastic cube. Naturally, it cost a little more than plain, non-artisanal lettuce. The...
Sep 3, 2013 | REFLECTIONS
By Edward H. Garcia I’ve never been much of a lawn man. Even in North Dallas, where lawn is king, ours was the one that was pale green from a lack of fertilizer in the summer and the one with the unraked leaves in the fall. So it was a relief when we moved to our...
