October 28, 2018 Not a good day for political thoughts, the USA as a whole After this morning’s attack in a Pittsburgh neighborhood where I have family and have been to several times, I did some reading and a lot of soul-searching before starting to write.
September 14, 2018 Eric Trump and his shekels I’m putting this post out there because of a discussion on my Facebook page over Eric Trump’s shekels comment and the Washington Post article near the top of it. I expected some support. Any support.
June 2, 2018 Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Who would’ve thought of me as some type of music expert? Definitely not anybody who knows me! I’ve been planning this blog for a…
October 6, 2017 Update: Storing the car on the mean streets This blog post I found was written in mid-May, 2016, but never published. It was part of a series on the difficulties I had…
August 24, 2017 Hurricane Andrew, after a quarter century 25 years ago today, this was nothing. It’s hard to believe so much time has passed, not that I ever forgot a Hurricane Andrew…
May 16, 2016 Not exactly a warm welcome I got to Philadelphia and it rained. For a week. And it was much colder than normal for late April. And I saw my…
April 25, 2016 Moving back to Philly! Yes, you read correctly! I’m headed back after more than 12 years. I didn’t really think it was going to happen, especially considering the…
May 17, 2015 Odds & ends from 3 weeks I haven’t posted anything in about 3 weeks. (I also haven’t heard from you asking for a post. Unbelievable! What’s up with that?) I…
April 26, 2015 Lots of updates in a few short months This is my 22nd blog. I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I’ve enjoyed writing them. I didn’t think I could come up with so much material.
April 12, 2015 Spring cleaning and Passover food It’s April and there’s a lot of spring cleaning going on in the Tri-Cities and other places. Garry and I really aren’t doing any of it because we’ve only been here for a month and are still putting stuff I paid to move away. (Or trying to find space for it all!)
April 5, 2015 A week of firsts Spring is often thought of as a time of renewal, the first season. I’ve had some firsts over the past week or so. Starting…