Have any of you been on jdate? Well, what a cast of characters! none of them look like their pictures. Their personalities are awful. I went out with one man who said his body type was proportional.. he weighed about 300 pounds, another one said he still fit into his clothes from High School...his clothes were at least 3 sizes too big! He was so old he had shrunk.

A little belated, but my "friend" Ernie and I had an absolutely fabulous time in France! The French people were very nice to us, probably because we Bonjoured all over the place, Paris was very exciting, the museums were wonderful and the food was beyond yummy! We never had one argument, probably because our car has a navigation system!....and then on with my life. [read more]

It's all good in this Aug 2, 2006 piece from the New Kerala newspaper in Goa, India, but the highlight is the fifth graf:

Cucumber feast in Goan church to beget children

By Devraj, Velha (Goa) : In a unique tradition, the origins of which remain unknown, thousands of childless couples offer cucumbers at a fourth century church in Goa, in the hope of being blessed with a child.

Welcome to St. Anne's Church in Velha, located around 15 kilometres southeast of Panjim. [read more]

For those who have asked and those who, like me, wondered: I just spoke to the great Bruce McCall, and, sadly, he said that no, he did not base this week's New Yorker cover on my Times article about outrageously jumbo backyard grills. Like me, he caught a glimpse of one of these stainless-steel monsters and was inspired. He drew. I wrote.

Well, alot has gone on in my life the past few years, some highs and some lows...But talk about those highs! My friend....with benefits, Ernie has invited me to spend a month with him in France. He is doing a house exchange, we will have an apartment in Paris, near the eiffel tower and a country house in the Burgundy region. I have never been to France so this is so exciting! I'm sure I will have [read more]