Look, I’ll say right up front that I don’t like guns. The only gun I ever shot was a .22 in back of my uncle’s house in the Connecticut woods when I was about 9 years old. So I’m all in favor of stricter gun regulations, which to my mind seem perfectly […]

      I haven’t offered a round-up of blogs in quite a while, so I hope everyone will look around and check these out. They are among the best that Baby Boomers have to offer. And right now, our Baby Boomers are asking a lot of questions.      What are you doing for […]

      In my last post I had my curmudgeon on as I cast a jaundiced eye on the Oscars and the news media. Today I’m feeling a lot more positive and hopeful for the future.      Why? I watched The Grammys, which in my opinion is a much more entertaining show focusing […]

      Usually, the topic of this blog is retirement and living well as we age. But sometimes things just bug me and I have to say something — usually about the declining morality and general lack of standards in our society today. I wonder if you agree.      Item number 1 is […]

      I learned how to drive in our old VW bug. The car had no radio, hand-crank windows, and a four-speed manual transmission. I was pretty proud of my skills with a manual transmission, because not everyone could do it.      But now, if you mention a manual transmission, people don’t even […]

     I woke up this morning and it was raining. The temperature was in the high 30s. But by 9:30 a.m. the temperature had dropped into the 20s and the rain had turned to snow.       Three days ago it was 70 degrees in Pennsylvania! What’s going on? Pennsylvania today      What’s […]