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Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Seems like every year I think it’s necessary to write something about St. Patrick or green, or beer, or Ireland, or something…. Well, might as well carry on the tradition, even though there is a limited … Continue reading →

A few days ago I wrote about curmudgeons and pretty much admitted that I might actually be one (not that that’s a bad thing.) One characteristic or trait that possible curmudgeons have is that they want things like they used … Continue reading →

In my “working days” when one of my projects needed money that hadn’t been budgeted, I found that when I went to the boss or the board it was always easier to get more money than less. If I indicated … Continue reading →

Claire often refers to me as a curmudgeon. I seem to have noticed that she uses that term more in the past few years — maybe that’s because I’ve been trying to listen to her more lately — expanding my … Continue reading →

The last update to this blog made sport of weather forecasters because they had forecasted snow of historic proportions. I’ve often heard people refer to a blizzard and I realized I’m not sure what constitutes a blizzard — except when … Continue reading →

When I went to bed last night, all the weather forecasters were predicting a snowfall of historic proportions. When I got up this morning, we had snow on the ground and it was snowing, but it was only of “historic … Continue reading →

The most famous asteroid ever is the one that hit Earth 65 million years ago. It is believed that the asteroid threw so much moisture and dust into the atmosphere that it cut off sunlight, lowering temperatures worldwide and causing … Continue reading →

Well, here it is March. When I was a kid, in March you flew kites. I remember all the 5 and 10 cent stores (subject of another blog) had kites for sale and we usually got a new kite — … Continue reading →

As both you readers know, the Pope resigned on February 11 and since then I’ve been doing extensive research into all things Pope-ish. One of the more fascinating things I’ve discovered is a prophecy that the next Pope to be … Continue reading →

Yesterday I mentioned that one trait (I like to refer to them as talents or gifts) that I have is selective listening. Another talent of mine (probably one of many) that seems to puzzle Claire on occasion is my ability … Continue reading →