“Grumbling with Gratitude”
I’m gonna lay it out here. Things are not easy around this house. And most of it has to do with situations that can’t be helped. Evelyn is
“The Sound of One Bird Flying”
When a bird takes off to fly away I can’t hear it. However, when a flock of them take off at the same instant – as though someone
“Something’s ‘Bug’ging Our Family”
Seems as though an uninvited guest has arrived in our household again. Evelyn and Karlyn had been feeling under the weather a little before the weekend (Aug. 12
“Our Local Blood Bank: the End of an Era”
Many years ago I saw a cartoon showing an emaciated-looking old man sitting at the check-in station at a blood bank. His eyes were droopy. His face was wrinkled.
“The Downside of Glamping”
glamp·ing /GLAMP-ing/ noun 1. a form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping. With that online definition (from Oxford Languages) in mind,
“A Vent, but Also a Facing of Reality”
I believe that today (Thursday, July 28, 2022) might serve as a good example of how bad the situation would be for wife Evelyn and daughter Karlyn if anything
“TVs, Then and Now”
It’s sometime in the early 1960s. I’m in high school. I come home from school and decide I’d like to watch a little TV. I walk up to the
“Win”
I met Win (Winfield? Winfred? Never found out) at the Dover, DE, YMCA fitness center many years ago. He was in his 80’s at the time and has since
“On Losing Friends”
[Disclaimer: I know that virtually no one reads this blog, so I feel safe in posting something more cathartic this time. If you’re one of the fewer than, say,
“Where Have All the Greetings Gone?”
My 75th birthday was this week. On the day before I officially turned three-quarters of a century old, I received one card in the mail. I showed it to