The saying in our modern age of medical advancements goes this way: “Seventy is the new 50.” But I think exactly the opposite is true. When I...
I love the landscape here. I do. It is so beautiful and especially at this time of the year. There are so many shades of greening going on, the...
Until recently, I didn’t know a gigabyte from a mosquito bite, but I did know that one drains my blood and the other drains my wallet.When my...
I want to go to the movies.I don’t want to see a tearjerker, plastic toys moving around or people being stalked by some unearthly presence. I don’t...
Here is an Upper Valley adventure tale that isn’t meant to endorse anything more than that humanity and goodness still prevail among us, even if...
Most people think of a six-pack as a holding device for soda or beer. I think of yogurt.For the past 20 years I have bought yogurt by the case, six...
My neckties have come out of the closet. Not because they were gay and needed to declare their identity. But because they simply didn’t fit in my...
In a time where the average Joe or Joan feels politicians don’t really represent them, I have a story about Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office and...
Recently, I heard a college student say he was going to fly to Chicago then hitchhike from Chicago to Seattle.I was amazed. I thought hitchikers...
The first item in my Christmas card album is a 1952 snapshot in black and white. It is of my grandparents’ fireplace and mantle with 165 cards...
A few years ago, I bought an old car.Even though I’ve bought a few old cars over the past several years and ought to have known better, the old car...
Exercise more, eat less, be kinder: there is a sanctimonious sameness to most New Year’s resolutions. Here’s my list, something I can really live...