By Jerry Zezima I like to think I’m a tough cookie, but my sweet tooth, which may have a cavity, can’t resist the treats sold every year by the Girl Scouts. That’s why I have bought two boxes of cookies from my 8-year-old granddaughter, who represents the third generation of Girl Scouts in our family. […]
By Jerry Zezima When you’re retired, you don’t live in the fast lane. In fact, my wife, Sue, and I are on the side of the road with a flat tire. The tradeoff is that you can’t get fired from a job you don’t have. Still, there has been great concern by a certain prominent […]
By Jerry Zezima To sleep — perchance to snore. Ay, there’s the rib, which my wife, Sue, pokes every time I snore while she’s trying to sleep. My unconscious imitation of a buzzsaw, which I allegedly do often enough that Sue has to go into another room to get a good night’s slumber, is the […]
By Jerry Zezima When you’re a grandparent, you want only the best for the newest addition to the family. That’s why my wife, Sue, and I went shopping in anticipation of baby’s first visit and came home with everything the little one needs, including a bowl for food, one for water, a stick for teething, […]
By Jerry Zezima Row, row, row my seat swiftly down the track. Warily, warily, warily, warily, my body’s out of whack. That’s the tune I sang to myself — because I didn’t want to scare everyone else at the gym — as I rocked and rolled on a rowing machine under the expert guidance of […]
By Jerry Zezima No matter what I do, whether it’s good, bad or just plain stupid, my wife, Sue, has my back. And I have hers. But lately, neither one of us has wanted to make the exchange. That’s because we both threw our backs out. I injured mine while cleaning the bathroom, which is […]
By Jerry Zezima I have always believed that if you have an appointment with an eye doctor, you should show up late. When the doctor asks why you weren’t on time, you can say, “I couldn’t find you.” This will let him or her see — with the aid of prescription glasses, because eye doctors […]
By Jerry Zezima If you want something done, goes an old saying, do it yourself. Unless you’re me, in which case you not only have a lot to worry about but couldn’t finish a do-it-yourself project or write a self-help book without asking someone else (not me) for help. This is especially true when it […]
By Jerry Zezima As the very model of the modern medical marvel, I have survived an aortic aneurysm, a terrible bout of COVID-19 and. worst of all, a nasty paper cut. Not to be outdone, my wife, Sue, lived through a heart attack, came down with COVID, too, and underwent painful hand surgery. But we […]
By Jerry Zezima Being a grandfather can be magical — as long as you don’t end up in jail. That’s the lesson I learned recently when my wife, Sue, and I got together with our five grandchildren and their parents for a week in which I assisted in science experiments performed with a magic wand, […]
