A Depression? In 2008? Not So Fast
It is the first day of spring but it’s still not even forty degrees. Last night we had dinner with friends in Holyoke and one of them told us that she heard a TV report that 2008 would be the year of another great depression. That’s with a d, not […]
A Wry and Realistic View of Dating at Sixty
Today I had a delicious lunch in the cafe, our havarti and ham melt special. Then I had a chance to read an essay by Andree Aelion Brooks, who proved herself a witty, saucy and clever woman when it comes to men. Her point? That at her age, it’s best […]
April Will be Packed with Air Miles and New Travel Adventures
Outside a giant woodpecker is chomping suet at Cindy’s feeder. He is so big he can barely fit on the feeder, as he gulps down big bites of fat. It is still frustratingly cold, hovering at 35 degrees, and we are about to go out and do our Saturday chores. […]
To Build, Or Not to Build–Or Let’s Keep Looking
Yesterday my friend Jack took me to see four houses that are on the market here in our neighborhood. It was instructional, and it came after I told Jack and his wife Laura about my grandiose scheme to build a huge addition onto our little house on Mountain Road in […]
Persepolis Shows The Power of Shapely Eyes
Funny how when some people come to visit, I finally get out and do some of the things I really enjoy. Like go see a movie in a theater. Sam is visiting, so we went to an evening show of Persepolis, an animated movie in French about an Iranian girl.The […]
Chez Albert Is What a Restaurant Should Be
What makes a restaurant really special? Is it the way it feels when you walk in? Is it the lighting, the music, or is it the guy who greets you in French? Last night I discovered it’s all of these things as we celebrated Cindy’s birthday at Chez Albert in […]
"We All Thought We Were Going to Die"
Tonight as I dined on salad with roast chicken with my son in law Francisco, he told me about a terrible moment on Saturday night as he flew from Miami to Hartford on a Southwest Airlines flight. “I’ve never said that to myself before,” he said excitedly. “I actually thought […]
