My friend Alphonse (or Gaston)(includes related articles on the family aspects of friends, and on the healing aspects of friends)(Cover Story)

Article Abstract:

A man describes his long friendship with another man. Their wives also have become friends although they both disapprove of some of the men's more frivolous activities, such as constantly conversing in Maurice Chevalier accents. A love of bad movies is another element of the friendship.

Cover Story, Behavior, Men, Friendship

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Trials and tribulations

Article Abstract:

The seemingly never-ending O.J. Simpson trial makes one yearn for the classic fictional court cases such as 'Witness for the Prosecution,' '12 Angry Men,' and 'The Winslow Boy.' The Simpson trial seems to emphasize entertainment, while the concept of consequences seems to be forgotten.

Social aspects, Cases, Appreciation, Murder, Motion pictures, Movies, Conduct of court proceedings, Courtroom proceedings, Simpson, O.J.

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Secret admirer: in the company of older women, a boy discovers real beauty

Article Abstract:

Childhood memories of three older women in the neighborhood are presented. The women loved books, music, art, gracious living and canasta, and they exuded beauty. It was not the unblemished beauty of youth, but a beauty of the mind and the spirit.

Children and adults, Adult-child relations

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