My Essays That Didn't Go There

Robert EbsenOP-ED

Two weeks ago I wrote an essay passionately anticipating that I would be drinking half a cup of coffee every morning. That didn't really work because, after drinking half a cup of coffee that first morning, I didn't sleep the same night.
I immediately wondered how many other essays of mine, about which I was very passionate, soon came to the same end…

Small Screen – Big Passion

Robert EbsenOP-ED

Two x 3½ inches isn’t a very large movie screen. But the small picture is so very sharp and real looking. It’s been my movie screen for the past few weeks at night, while lying in bed.

Coffee for Me?

Robert EbsenOP-ED

Can you believe I am not, nor have I ever been, a coffee drinker? Well, not until this week. This week I may have graduated from being a sip-from-the-wife’s-coffee-cup, to a half-a-cup-of-my-own-coffee every morning. It all began a month ago, when my kid sister gave us her Keurig coffee maker. My wife began using it immediately. I was the one … Read More

Baked, Not Fried

Robert EbsenOP-ED

I am reminded of the Bond film my wife and I saw last week – “Shaken, not stirred.” Even though Bond did not say those words in the film, he was happy when the bartender shook his drink.

My Next Book

Robert EbsenOP-ED

Somehow, I think my book-making “frenzy” of late may be related to the fact that I was to have an operation today to remove my gallbladder. I fantasized dying on the operating table without having left behind the two books I most wanted to create.

111 Pages of Gold

Robert EbsenOP-ED

It’s DONE!! My special book was ordered thirty minutes ago.

Shutterfly on the Table

Robert EbsenOP-ED

For the past few days I’ve been at the computer, using Shutterfly to create a 12 x 12-inch coffee table photo book. This is a v special project. I have wanted to do this for 35 years. I have made several homemade photo books with pictures of the family over the years, but, while those look fairly good, they certainly are not professional.