The “Tonight Show” may be moving back to New York after all these years, but I always prefer to be be moving in the opposite direction – that is, back to southern California after a sojourn in the Big Apple.  That’s especially true when I’m leaving freezing precipitation behind and heading back to my cozy

Due to the recent inclement weather in New York, my flight home to San Diego was cancelled.  Led by my instincts (and perhaps influenced by an old friend’s passing just three days before), I looked at the departures sign in the terminal and decided to go wherever the next available flight would take me where

Last Sunday’s 50th anniversary observance of the Beatles’ arrival in America evoked a lot of memories for people of my generation and older, all of which made me smile. Admittedly, some are a bit muddled, and I might not know all the words to the songs (does anybody?) but I certainly remember the melodies and

Acting on a challenge from my daughter, I decided to mark the approach of a significant milestone in my life next month by creating a personal and professional timeline for myself. And I must say that doing so has been a really encouraging and even empowering experience, especially when I realize how much I may

I have always loved the Super Bowl — not really for the football, but for the annual ‘culture check’ they represent. This year I found the advertisements particularly interesting from one point of view: the growing number that were, on some level, attempting to evoke an emotional response, as opposed to simply aiming to make