Monthly Archives: October 2018

Camp maple syrup, that is. The answer is Yes, regardless of diabetes risk. Camp remains the Real Thing in its purest PQ form. Aunt Jemima and the other chemical-based ‘syrups’ are not worth using at home for our pancakes, waffles, … Continue reading →

at Screwball Central, it is important not to ‘get away or off from one’s own game’. As Joseph Campbell wisely repeated, “Follow your own bliss.” And that entails taking responsibility for your own life–not passing the buck or blaming others. … Continue reading →

It doesn’t get much better than family gathering over a sacred bird once a year. My wife and I have been very lucky (luck of the draw) in that our parents were all good, decent, kind people. A lot of people can’t … Continue reading →

today. He apparently injured himself delivering the paper and/or collecting for the Food Bank in the neighborhood, but is on the mend. Sounds like a nice guy, a Mormon–they do good works for the community like the Food Bank–social responsible … Continue reading →

that people once generally smoked as much as they once did. My parents both smoked and my childhood and teenage homes smelled of cigarettes. When I started teaching, lunchrooms and workrooms stank of smoke, and it would cling to clothes, … Continue reading →

what’s a two-year-old doing left alone with a shredder? He could just as easily shredded his fingers. My olde suggestion that parents be licensed is still a reasonable one. Young kids need to be watched and safely protected.

Life takes on new meaning when you find out you have only one of three natural heart pacemakers left.

The bus boy who held the dying RFK in his arms on the floor of a Chicago hotel kitchen. Easily the most poignant assassination photo ever taken.

The native name given to Don Iveson. More accurate and truthfully honest would have been: ‘City Destroyer’.

Family remains #1. You are very lucky if you have a good, nice, funny family. I really appreciate all the heroic, selfless efforts by rescuers around the world. (It is hard not to donate money to the Red Cross given the … Continue reading →