Piercings, Tattoos, and Grandchildren
Six of us went out for breakfast. Our ages ranged from the seventies to early nineties. In addition to the usual tasty breakfast...
Uh Oh. I Didn't Read the Small Print
“Terms and Conditions”—There’s a 21st Century phrase for you. Some online agreements won’t let you sign up until you scroll through pages...
Harry and Meghan
Yes, I was up at 5:00 a.m. to watch the royal wedding of Harry and Meghan. In Thursday’s Wausau Daily Herald, Sarah Razner wrote about...
Packing for Emergencies
Apparently, I am afraid I will get the plague while I am on my trip. Do you do this? I filled a separate toiletries bag with my “what if”...
Down the Rabbit Hole
There really is a rabbit-hole and I have fallen into it and found myself in Wonderland. This is the land where “so many out-of-the-way...
My Dad's Russian Connection
It was fifty-one years ago this week that Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, took a taxi from the Embassy of the USSR in New Delhi,...
The Kindness of Strangers
It’s four weeks now since I had my right knee replaced. Here is a picture of me shortly after surgery, elevating my legs to prevent blood...
The Good Things Jar
I opened my “Good Things in 2017” jar on the first day of 2018. This was the Mason jar where I placed a strip of paper each time...
In the Eye of the Beholder
There is a new book out, titled You Don’t Look Your Age—And Other Fairy Tales. Sheila Nevins wrote the collection of poems and essays...
The 8.2 Club
I hadn’t been on a bike for over 30 years. But from the moment my daughter Abby and I embarked on a ferry to Mackinac Island, bicycles...
