by Rick | Apr 16, 2013 | Blog
“If I start having a seizure again, I want you to tell the stewardess I’m acting this way because I’m happy to go home. Whatever you do, please don’t let them take me off this plane!” Jeff told me as he swirled the two fingers of Scotch we both ordered before take off...
by Rick | Apr 12, 2013 | Blog, People Who Inspire Me
I never drank Scotch at 10 o’clock in the morning until I met Chuck Pryzmus, an anesthesiologist from Minnesota. We were in Tanzania, Africa, riding in a bus full of Medical professionals and support staff with and Chuck opened a bottle of Scotch and started passing...
by Rick | Apr 9, 2013 | Blog
I found an old friend tonight. I must confess, I’ve been cobweb neglectful of our relationship for the last couple of years, but, like true friends, apologies aren’t needed – just dismissed with a wave of the hand. We picked up where we left off and started making...
by Rick | Apr 5, 2013 | Blog
I blame my parents for very few things except my intense loathing to travel. As a kid, Mom and Dad threw me in the back seat of a hot car with no A/C and drove 3 days straight to see one of my siblings either at New York, California, or Mississippi. We’d stay 2...
by Rick | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
My two-year-old grandson, Evan –a.k.a. Evey Bear- points at my iPhone, which he knows plays music, and says, “thith?” I attach the phone to the stereo; crank up the tunes and he starts dancing. With his right arm raised and a finger pointed to the sky, his left leg...
