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When I woke up it was 51 degrees F in the house, but my third call of the week to the landlord's office finally paid off. We saw his van...

Exactly 27 years ago Robin and I were married at City Hall on a lovely bright winter's day, bedazzled by the sun glinting off the World ...

Mostly forward, I hope. Although we're still running space heaters more than we should, given our landlord's repeated stinginess wit...

Today I turned 68 years old. Aside from the kick I always get to see around 200 Facebook friends from all my Venn diagrams (Firesign, comics...

White Rabbits , and welcome to December! No word from my brother about Mom's condition, so I'm going to assume all is the same and c...

I ended this chilly day and month by steaming a whole bunch of winter tops and, while I was at it, I moved my summer tops to the closet in t...

As my 68th birthday is on Tuesday, and Robin's is next Saturday, we have already pre-ordered our gifts for each other. My new AirPods ar...

The holiday table is all set up; the bowl filled with copious amounts of sugar-free chocolate goodies we've been buying was the piece de...

Yeah, that's how Robin and I talk sometimes. In any case, I'm grateful that yesterday I got to see Mom, who has taken a turn for the...

After two consecutive exhausting commute days, I knew I wasn't going to get much rest today what with the drive into New Jersey (on what...