Suprise Me

At first I couldn’t think of any experience that would rise to the level of road rage. Annoyance with another driver who did something stupid, sure. Maybe a little cursing under my breath, or an occasional blast on my rather wimpy horn. But nothing that I would really call rage. I joked that I was… Read More

In elementary and high school, spring breaks were rare. In the mountains of Western North Carolina there were enough snow days to wipe out the vacation days. My junior year we missed 30 days for snow. Sometimes we had Good Friday and Easter Monday off. Easter Monday was a southern thing. I have no idea why it was considered a necessary day for school closing. There were no trips to the beach like the ones in Where the Boys Are and other teen movies. Read More

Perhaps because he was the youngest of eight, raised by an older sister once his mother was institutionalized when he was 12, or maybe because he didn’t marry until he was 32; for whatever reason, my father liked to cook and was good at it. If we had Thanksgiving at home, he did all the… Read More

My Cousin Rick We were shocked some months ago to learn of the sudden death of my cousin Rick at age 66.  The family gathered in Rochester where Rick had lived, and several of us spoke at his moving memorial service. Since childhood my redheaded cousin had suffered a debilitating mental illness.  His devoted parents… Read More

At that point I press 0 and get a voicemail saying the mailbox is full. Click ... Read More

Was it a lark; did I do it for class credit; was it some misguided show of patriotism? I have no idea. Read More

It took some looking, but we found an intersection where Mom remembered the roads. Read More

My second advantage , I am certain, was that they had concluded I had gone completely crazy ... Read More

A blind date to a boring movie is not a recipe for success Read More

Seems like we had much more fun being in our twenties in the '70s than we do now that we are in our seventies in the '20s! Read More