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On this Mother’s Day, if your mother is still with us, visit her or call her. Take or send her flowers.

No, not a dozen red roses. That shows no originality, and besides red roses are for another kind of love. Surprise her with daisies or a mixed bouquet of spring flowers, or a flowering plant if she’s practical like my mom. Then write one thing that you are grateful for. Something that will trigger her memory to the days when you were a sweet little kid or maybe a bratty teenager, but something that will show her you remembering her mothering.

I have “health insurance.” I get it through one of the largest and best-known insurance companies. Almost daily, I hear from one of its departments.

I often receive information about how much I owe for my “co-pay.”  Sometimes, to my surprise, I am told that I must pay more for my “co-pay” because  my “in-network provider,” without my knowledge has contracted with someone who is “out of network.”

Always a creature of verbology, I own hundreds of books (they pale in comparison to what my wife, Bonnie has: maybe thousands?) She reads mysteries and romances.

As for me, I often pick on instructional books, those whose pages contain lessons, usually about languages. But lest I come across as a wannabe grammarian, let me assure you I enjoy biographies, books on travel, adventure, and other genres.

On March 16, 2019, the New Mexico Legislature reached the end of one of the busiest sessions in recent memory, giving us all, legislators and citizens, a lot to reflect on and to anticipate for the upcoming interim.