Things that appear in my head
I’m going out on a limb here but I will say most of us marry with the best of intentions: kids, a dog, a happy, healthy home — and when the kids are older, growing old together. Years ago, I thought of myself as someone who would probably never get married. I thought I was […]
I’m Not Saying Don’t Get Married but… Read More »
The weather. There, I said it. Everyone talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. I get it. What can we do? And no, this is not another column about global warming, greenhouse gases, climate change, or polar vortex storms. Although let’s be logical, many people consider global warming a serious or very serious issue. Possible
The Weather. Seriously? The Weather? Read More »
“Old friends, old friends,Sat on their parkbench like bookendsA newspaper blown through the grassFalls on the round toesof the high shoes of the old friends Old friends, winter companions, the old menLost in their overcoats, waiting for the sunThe sounds of the city sifting through treesSettles like dust on the shoulders of the old friends
When I was growing up, we walked to school. Big kids. Little kids. We ate breakfast (cereal or Pop Tarts), picked up our books (nobody had a backpack), and were handed our lunches (as we got older brown bags took the place of our batman lunch boxes) or a dollar to buy lunch. On a
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Love is a beautiful thing except when it isn’t. Most people, when they realize a relationship isn’t working, go through a period of mourning and move on. Then there are the torch carriers—people who pine long past the point of good sense. People who can’t let go, even though they walked away. I know about them. I’ve
Is It Possible to Carry a Torch for 30 Years? Read More »
What does it mean when someone calls you old school? Old school means something close to old-fashioned, but it’s a term with more pride behind it. If someone says, “I’m old school,” they’re saying they do it like it used to be done, which they believe was a better way. In mob movies, the old school usually thinks they’re better than the younger
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I was watching the Emmy-award winning series Inside the Actors Studio, last night hosted and executive produced by James Lipton. With no baseball, I have to find something to occupy my time for three hours before going to bed. ESPN, at least for one night was traded in for Bravo. I didn’t even know we had
The Boy Scouts Were Right. Always Be Prepared! Read More »
Social media feuds happen all the time. Especially since the forty-fifth president/reality television and game show host Donald Trump took over the West Wing. “He needs to tweet like we need to eat,” Kellyanne Conway, his White House counselor, said in an interview. In a presidency unlike any other, where Mr. Trump wakes to Twitter,
Another Twitter Feud? with Steve Mnuchin and Who? Read More »
I looked up the word karma the other day. It means action, work, or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where the intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual. I was telling a friend that my ex-wife did something, again, to hurt me while
This virus is making me nuts. I mean absolutely crazy. Somebody asked me what day it was. I looked at my phone and replied, “Tuesday.” The next question. “What month is this?” I again looked at my phone. “May.” I had lost touch with the calendar. I stopped for a moment as this thought came
Baseball and me: Perfect Together Read More »