birthday girl

helio yet again

Dear Ms. Sun: Here we are. Another birthday of mine coming up in the next few days, meaning another trip around you completed and a new one about to begin. Unlike the rest of us (who all, at one time or another, think the earth revolves around us), you, actually, are entitled to feel that […]

candle scandal

They say that age is just a number. Okay, then, here’s a number for you – 66. Yup. Today is my 66th birthday, the start of my 67th trip around the sun. And, if I’m perfectly honest with myself (the person I find it the most difficult to be perfectly honest with – don’t we […]