Since I left home for college, I’ve moved 13 times. I’d pay money not to do it again. Among those 13, some were paid military moves and some were paid company moves. The worst, of course, were just us, tugging, lugging, and schlepping until we got it all there. Then there’s the mess ...

Since I left home for college, I’ve moved 13 times. I’d pay money not to do it again. Among those 13, some were paid military moves and some were paid company moves. The worst, of course, were just us, tugging, lugging, and schlepping until we got it all there. Then there’s the mess ...

Last year people were looking forward to a better than the year before scenario. When the vaccine was fast-tracked, we looked forward to unmasking and resuming life in a normal fashion. That was not to be. Along came another variant and then another. We are in this for the long-haul ...

As he paddled his 16-foot red Old Town Penobscot canoe up the Allegheny River in mid-2021, Neal Moore might have passed our cabin eight miles north of Tidioute. If I had been at the place at the time, I might have waved to him as he passed, or even might have exchanged pleasantries with ...

The gathering of the clan for this Christmas was overdue – it had been three years since our small family celebrated together. On Christmas Eve, my son and grand-dog, Walter, arrived from Annapolis. My daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren drove all Christmas Day from Massachusetts. ...

This week I was planning to write about a Christmas song that I love. It spells out C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S. I digress because I found something in a book that I was reading that struck home with me. Someone in the story was explaining the true meaning of Christmas. It was described as a precursor ...