Dad

What My Father Taught Me

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

(Mom and dad right after they met in 1945. They were married a few weeks later.) If my dad were still with us, he would be ninety-nine today, October 8, 2019. Many things have changed since my father passed away ten years ago. One thing that has changed is I have written many more books [...]

The Quality Of Honor

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

At first, I thought it was rain. Completely lost in the book I was reading, it took a few moments to realize that it probably wouldn’t be raining in an airport. I glanced up and saw a woman looking down the hallway, clapping. I started speculating. Was she clapping for a friend? If so, why [...]

My Time Warp To The Sixties With Words

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

Sitting on the stationary bike at the gym, reading Kurt Vonnegut on my iPhone, I was suddenly, and instantly, transported through a time warp back to somewhere in the sixties. I was in our living room, in the house on Irvin Ave., and Dad was walking with his trademark forward lean down the hallway, correcting [...]

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