And finally, when did us older folk as individuals become “we” and seem to merit attention as if we were dumb, blind and simple?  As in, how are “we” feeling? Read More

I don’t know what the definition of “crush” is, offhand. Certainly, it’s an intense infatuation, a deep, deep feeling. But I think there’s something more, a notion of unavailability. . . . . But there's unavailability and then there's unavailability. Read More

The first step for new hires in the group was mastery of a seventy-page manual about alphabetization Seriously. Read More

I suspect that had I fallen for the Mavis scam they would have done nothing and billed me for brake replacement. Read More

Perhaps many who engage in [dog rescue] affirmatively choose to do so. Others, like my ex-wife Laura and me, just stumble into it. Read More

My partner, Dina’s mother Barbara, was going out with her for support, and Dina needed someone to look after her pup, whom she called “Monkey”. I told her to forget about boarding, especially because Monkey had been a shelter pup, and volunteered to look after him at our house. Read More

Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman . . ." And the 'woman' said, "Say, what?" And God said, "Let the games begin." Read More

(Old Albany Post Road) is a dirt road and will forever be that way. There is an Old Road Society in town, and members are militant. Old Albany is their prized project. Read More

This was elementary school in the 1950’s, before President Kennedy advanced the cause of fitness for school children. But Mr. Cave needed no presidential push. Read More

HER kindergarten teacher had taught the class the wonders of white-bread-and-French's-mustard sandwiches. Blecch. Read More