When my mom died in 1991, she took the entire family history with her. Every family has an unofficial family historian. You know, that one ...

On Sunday afternoon, I was at the supermarket to pick up a few things. I needed a head of lettuce, a bag of radishes, a cucumber. (Not for m...

After mulling over my future options, I entered art school in the Fall of 1980.  I had graduated from high school over a year earlier. Altho...

I bought a new car this past May. I am enjoying driving around in a car that isn't 20 years old, not worrying about that new strange noi...

Now that the world seems to be slowly creeping back to some form of "normal" in these so-called "post pandemic" days, I...

My parents had a group of friends with which they socialized on a fairly regular basis. By "regular basis," I mean whenever my mot...

Halloween is coming. I like Halloween. Yeah, there are not many holidays that I like, but I do like Halloween. When my son was little (he...