Only to you, Tim! – Tim's Reflection Connection

Had a Good Laugh Remembering This

We just had a good laugh remembering this experience in our lives: Pepé Le Pew (Who remembers him?!) Years ago now, when we lived in Los Angeles, Steve applied for a life insurance policy. The company sent a nurse out to our home to take a blood sample. When she arrived, she was very pleasant and cordial, but she had… Continue reading

Returning OJ

Our Fiat 500e: OJ You may recall, or perhaps you never even knew, we leased a bright orange Fiat 500e when we had a condo in San Francisco. The car’s name was Orange Juice because it ran on juice – electricity. It was the perfect car for the city. It would just zip up the hills as if they were… Continue reading

Tsunami Alert

The view from our hotel room on the ocean A few months back we were staying at a hotel directly on the Pacific Ocean. We were crazy close to the water. A good ball player could have easily thrown a ball from our balcony into the sea. Yes, we were that close. The sound of the ocean surf was, as… Continue reading

A Chance Encounter…

that changed everything An improbable meetingAn unlikely placeThis very placeA StarbucksThis tableOutside [He’s so cute, and the place was packed!] “Mind if I have a seat?” Steve in his SPAM shirt – THE SPAM shirt! Tim & Steve at the Starbucks in the very seats where they met Before smartphonesBefore social mediaBefore the iPhoneBefore the selfiePeople talkedWe talkedHere A SPAM… Continue reading

I Have an Unusually Interesting Life

I’m serious. I just go about my business day to day, and the most interesting, if not downright peculiar, things just happen to me. I can’t discern any particular reason for such happenstance. They just do. Here’s one example… Yesterday I drove over to Crissy Field while the cleaning people were spiffing up our apartment. The air quality was horrid,… Continue reading

My First Forays into Dancing

So here’s some comic relief for those who feel they need some. As a child growing up, I was, regrettably, taught that dancing was wicked. In fact, I was forced as a teenager to sign some ridiculous pledge that I would not dance, listen to rock music, or go to the movies. It all seems so incomprehensible and absurd to… Continue reading

Happy Halloween!

Am I the only person that thinks this is in the poorest possible taste? Today, on Halloween, I receive a survey from the corporate-owned cemetery asking me to rate my “overall cemetery experience” from last month when we buried my mother there. When my parents purchased their cemetery plots decades ago, they bought them at this quaint little cemetery that… Continue reading

Imagine My Horror During this Escalator Ride…

I had just returned my rental car at SFO and was approaching the 3 story escalator that extends from the first floor car rental center to the top level where the “air trains” take passengers to the airport. I turned and took care stepping onto the long moving device. I hate navigating escalators with a suitcase. As I was getting… Continue reading

Random Encounter on Thanksgiving Day

He was standing, lit by the golden sun setting over the ocean, atop the ledge next to the wooden stairs down to the ocean beach. He held a sheathed, sword-like baton that he withdrew with a practiced arc, opening the dripping baton to catch the gentle ocean breeze, forming a large bubble. As the giant bubble was born, he blew… Continue reading

What’s in a Name

What’s in a name? Well, my name, Tim Tyson, is more common than I would have thought, especially since I rarely meet anyone named “Tim.” But there are several Tim Tysons, and recently I learned of another. In the digital era, things swirling around name can easily get confused1. Perhaps the most well known is an American writer and historian,… Continue reading

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