Be Happy

It’s your choice

By Sharon Stoner

[Editor’s Note: Readers need to know where Sharon is coming from, in order to understand that her advice was hard won and does not come from a place of comfort and ease. Sharon has experienced much pain and suffering. I asked her three days ago how her hands and kidneys were doing.

Correspondence from around the world

Public toilets
near a bridge in Taito-ku, Tokyo

Edited by Moristotle

[Items of correspondence are not attributed; they remain anonymous. They have been chosen for their inherent interest as journalism, story, or provocative opinion, which may or may not be shared by the editor or other members of the staff of Moristotle & Co.]

When quirky isn’t inconvenient: “Quirky conveniences: the toilets of Tokyo – in pictures” [The Guardian, May 8]. Excerpt:

Mom's (and Dad's) Day

Azalea Topiary Tree

A gift received yesterday from our daughter and son-in-law from California, with the note:

Happy Mother's Day and Dad I hope you feel better soon! [I've been home sick for a week]

Thank you, thank you! And being near this lovely plant makes me feel even better.

Another view