My God. There is so much to worry about. To whine about. To lose sleep about. I do all those things. I wager that nearly 75% or more of us are on some sort of medication for all of this. There is no such thing[..]

These are the beautiful people. They hold my hand. They sit on my lap. Giggling is compulsory. When the older one, my dearest Charlie, says “I’ll love you forever,” my heart nearly bursts. When the tiny one, darling Birdie, puts her head in my lap,[..]

These people are my favorites. There is a phenomenon that has been well documented that  explains how it is that somehow, we seem to “almost” love our grandchildren more than we loved their parents when they were growing up. I feel pretty safe in saying[..]

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. An apple a day. Eggs will kill you. Use margarine, not butter. OH MY GOD, CARBS! Ketosis. Paleo. Dr. Adkins, may he rest in peace. The Scarsdale Diet. Those diets where they send you all the[..]

Some memories get frozen in time thanks to a lucky snapshot. This was one of them. Washington, DC, summer of 2018. It was absolutely broiling hot. Touring the outside monuments was not going to happen. Instead, we did the museums. A family trip. We only[..]

While finishing the first round of edits to my next book, I took a sip from a mug of coffee. I  looked at the mug. It was a great design. I designed it! It occurred to me that since I have an online shop containing[..]

This is what we like to do on a Saturday in the midst of summer in the heartland: Get in the car. Turn on the AC. Drive out into the country (this gets harder and harder to do–urban sprawl). Look at all the cornfields. Exclaim[..]

Late July, 2018. I have been maintaining this blog for at least ten years. I cannot believe this, but it is true. As a result, I think I have said everything. I have typed in every single thought in my head. I have been funny,[..]

Midsummer. Today we are under a heat advisory. Old people are supposed to stay in the house and drink a lot of water. This makes sense. I am an old person. So I am inside, thinking about how to survive until it cools down. Here[..]