For decades prior to his death, Art Buchwald’s column Explaining Thanksgiving to the French ran in The Washington Post on Thanksgiving Day. Art is no longer with us and the Post no longer carries it, so here it is. This confidential column was leaked to me by a high government official in the Plymouth colony on the condition that I not reveal his […]
2024 has not been a banner year. A few weeks ago, a young woman whom I knew from birth died in a tragic and senseless motorcycle accident. My car was broken into and cataract surgery on my left eye failed, essentially blinding that eye permanently. I fell headfirst down an escalator. A week or so […]
Some pains are beyond words. A week ago, Piper Forsen, daughter of my friends Rich and Nathalie, died in a motorcycle accident. She was 23. She was riding her newly purchased Suzuki motorcycle and, it appears, speeding. She missed a curve and hit the road’s guard rail. She survived a few moments but died on […]
A message regarding the online police report I filed following my car’s damage appeared in my inbox recently, wedged between Recipe of the Day from Taste of Home (Vietnamese Pork Chops, if you’re interested) and Buy This Compact Chainsaw (no thanks.) The email read: “If there is steering column and ignition switch damage this was […]
Last Sunday I tumbled down an escalator and was fortunate not to break anything. I abraded my upper left arm but was amazed at how little harm I’d done to myself. The immediate assistance provided by strangers truly surprised me… Tuesday night, my car was broken into. The thief destroyed the car’s ignition switch and […]
