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with apologies to Thomas Wolfe The House on Baltimore Avenue It was a red brick duplex with a wide front porch and a set of concrete steps that led down…
I woke up early yesterday so I could get out on the waves a couple hours before high tide. It was my birthday (81 if you must know) and I…
I usually avoid talking about my time at Harvard. Though some might (and do) brag about being Harvard grads, there’s a whole bunch of us who worry that mentioning it…
Wait for no man Changing Tides When I stepped outside this morning and smelled the cool air mixed with the mist off the Pacific, I knew that Fall would soon…
Bev and I recently returned from a trip to Italy, Tuscany to be exact, the town of Lucca to be even more exact. We’ve traveled a lot over the years…
And how NOT to deal with them I’ve read that one of the main reasons people move their place of residence, even when they love their home and neighborhood, is…
Retirement is a tricky business. It can even be downright uncomfortable. I’m still trying to figure it out. I know what you’re thinking: What’s to figure out, buddy. All you…
I resisted it for a long time. “I can hear just fine,” I told my wife. “You just need to speak up.” She walked off, irritated, shaking her head at…
Hate to pile on, but here’s my take for today. Jon Stewart said it all much better in his show last night. He’s one brilliant cat. We’re living in strange…
Families can be tricky. Mine sure was. I get it, you’re supposed to love and honor your birth family. But my mother made that hard. She was the oldest of…
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