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First snow (in Shepherdstown) of the year, or the decade, or 2020 — your choice.But the days are getting longer…. sigh— 30 —

Benjamin Franklin once said: “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”Me and Ben are on the same page….Happy New Year! — 30 —

The year is drawing to a close and it’s time for me to come up with my resolutions for 2020. As always, I go through this routine telling you how most people (including me) don’t keep their resolutions, so why … Continue reading →

A day or so ago, I gave everyone an update on how I did on my New Year’s resolutions for 2019. I do this pretty much every year.  And — I usually ramble on about why people even bother to … Continue reading →

If you look at the calendar, you’ll see that the year is running out and the countdown to the new year has started. Every year somewhere around this time, I give everyone an update on the New Year’s Resolutions I … Continue reading →

To both my faithful readers — and everyone else except my daily 263 spammers, I wish you all the very merriest Christmas. Oh, what the heck — I wish my daily 263 spammers a Merry Christmas, too. Merry Christmas to … Continue reading →

I see that the movie version of “Cats” is out. I saw the play/musical twice, at the National Theater and the Kennedy Center. The first time I saw it I didn’t like it. The second time I saw it I … Continue reading →

A few days ago when I sat down at this blog machine, the subject was stars. I indicated that we didn’t have any stars on top of our Christmas trees… but we do have a star in the family. That … Continue reading →

Well, here we are at just about Christmas time already — seems like we’ve been especially busy this year — or — maybe I’m just moving slower and it seems like we’re busier. Anyhow, it’s kind of a tradition that … Continue reading →

A few evenings ago we attended a Christmas party and everyone was given candy cane with a question on it. I’m not sure it was necessary, but the questions were intended to be “conversation starters.” The questions were all related … Continue reading →