Recently, my wife and I vacationed in Raleigh where we spent an afternoon at the North Carolina Museum of Art. It’s quite an impressive museum with works by Andrew Wyeth, Georgia O’Keeffe, Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore and other…
“What I don’t like about books and movies set during World War II,” my wife said to me the other day, “is that they remind you how bad things can get.” We were watching a PBS Masterpiece Theater series called T…
Yogi Berra’s father, Pietro, immigrated from Italy, arriving on Ellis Island in October 1909. He made his way to St. Louis where he settled on The Hill, the Italian section of the city. His wife came over later with their two sons, and t…
I’m always looking for the silver lining, so the other day when I was outside shoveling the walkway and freezing my butt off, the thought came to me that I’d read somewhere recently that people who live in cold climates live long…
I got back from vacation to face reality. I had a dentist appointment. When I was growing up, my family always went to Dr. Murphy, who had a dental office in his home only a few blocks from our house. Dr. Murphy was old school. I remember, when I wa…
I recently finished tutoring for the first summer session at our community college. I’ve been volunteering there for the past three years, helping students with their essays and presentations, their applications to four-year sc…
We were at a wedding reception recently and sat down with another couple from our old hometown in Westchester. We knew them, but not too well. They are a few years younger than we are, and they live in a big house in one of the pricier neighborhoo…
According to the astronomical calendar, summer started on June 21. But according to the cultural calendar, it began on Memorial Day, and runs through Labor Day. That used to mean 14 weeks of picnics, barbecues, beach parties, outdoor spor…
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