I’ve been away from home for a little over a week, with a week to go. We’ve had a good time. But honestly, traveling today is more trouble than it used to be. There’s the usual trouble of remembering car keys, room keys, iphone, reading glasses, distance glasses, bug spray, […]
We’re driving out to Wisconsin to visit my daughter. On the way we stopped in Ann Arbor, home to the University of Michigan. The university is famous for many things — well, yes, a 108,000-capacity football stadium, the largest in the U. S. — but also site of a 1960 speech […]
I believe in helping the poor, the weak, the unlucky, the unrepresented. I think immigration is good for America. I believe in equal rights, and I believe we all have a responsibility to others, whether it’s paying our fair share of taxes, treating others with kindness and respect, being careful about our impact […]
My wife and I took a trip up to New York City to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We wanted to see the exhibit of Winslow Homer paintings. I honestly didn’t know much about Winslow Homer, except for his famous painting called “The Gulf Stream” which depicts a black […]
Do you think you’re as healthy as your parents were at your age? More than one study suggests not. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the average life expectancy has been increasing ever since 1900, dipping only slightly during the two world wars. But for […]
I read a blog called Going Gently by a man named John Gray. He recently posted a few of his reflections on turning 60. I myself am well past 60 at this point, but his thoughts still resonated with me . . . and I thought they might resonate with you as well. So […]
My wife and I drove into Philadelphia so I could get fitted for a custom brace for my arthritic ankle. I don’t know if it’ll do any good; but it’s worth a try. While we were in the city, we decided to make a day of it. We walked up to […]
We toyed with the idea of taking a special vacation this summer. Back in March my daughter in Wisconsin talked about traveling to Italy and wondered if we’d like to join them for a few days. A vacation in Italy? Sounded pretty cool. I checked American Airlines. A round-trip ticket was […]
One of the side-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is that we are all, collectively, bored out of our minds. We’ve been stuck at home, limiting social engagements, living a circumscribed life, falling into an unrelenting daily monotony. We’ve tried to cope. Technology has helped us out. But I know several people […]
The other day my wife asked me to do something, follow up on some project I’d started but hadn’t finished. I nodded. “Sure. In for a penny, in for a pound.” Then I added, “I bet you haven’t heard that expression in a while.” She looked at me. “Sure […]
