Today was tree-identification day at the Warehouse. The reason is this huge tree out front, which lately has been dropping unsightly black berries by the bushel. These berries stain the walk and the stairs, and crunch underfoot like cockroaches. This morning several hundred robins received word of these berries and have been flocking around […]
I can quit Facebook anytime I like …
I spend too much time on Facebook. I admit it. I don’t contribute much, but I’m always on there seeing what everybody else is up to. The other day a Facebook acquaintance posted to ask if anyone else had found themselves bored and deciding to check Facebook before realizing they were already on the […]
There’s something to be said for optimism
My wife’s beloved Aunt Mary died in Daytona last week and today we drove down to help sort out her things. Her last residence was a senior-living compound designed more for efficiency than aesthetics. Her apartment was at the end of a long corridor of identical doors. Some doors still had Christmas wreaths up; […]
Who’s ready for some pinkeye?
It’s been an interesting week. We have a Cuban couple staying at our house and we’ve been doing our best to surmount the language barrier. In addition, I’ve had to contemplate the loss of vision in my right eye. The two things aren’t related, of course. The Cuban couple, Jose Angel and Lucrecia, we […]
So long, Kodak. And thanks for all the pics
There was a time when I was probably the very definition of Kodak’s business model: a young, newly married guy who decided it was time to start taking pictures of his kids. I started out with a Brownie Holiday I found laying around my Mom’s place, moved up to a borrowed Instamatic and finally […]
No need to thank me
Today I went for a run for the first time in, well … quite awhile. I try to walk every day but the running thing — it used to be a lifelong habit — fell by the wayside somewhere in Wichita. I blame the weather there, instead of my own advancing age. Today I […]
On this home tour, there will be no refunds
For some reason, a few neighbor ladies came by in September and asked us to be on the Christmas home tour this year. For some reason, we consented. Despite many lessons to the contrary, I’m often surprised when commitments made in one month cannot be simply forgotten in another. Now it’s almost December and […]