A colleague at the place I last worked challenged me to use the projector gift they gave me to paint portraits of the team.

Dear Dad, Last time on the phone, we discused the art you've done - the nails and string piece and the living-room Paris mural. That got me thinking a bit.

Dear Dad, Yesterday was the big party; sixty-fifth birthday and retirement rolled into one.

Dear Dad, I've noticed that a lot of the foods I grew up with are no longer available to me.

Dear Dad, I used to have a little wooden workbench next to the washer and dryer in the basement ... it held all the equipment for the sciences available to me

Dear Dad, Breakfast, when we were kids in the sixties and seventies, involved a lot of bread and milk. Thee were usually bought the night before, as a regular errand;