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Claire was out a few days ago and the phone rang — it rings a lot in our house. I pretty much never answer the phone — I figure if it’s important they’ll leave a message. But the ID that … Continue reading →

When I was growing up, I remember my parents (my mother, especially) giving me lots of good old-fashioned advice — a lot of which I think could be traced back to old wives’ tales, or folklore, or some such source.  … Continue reading →

Most of the games our grandkids have, I don’t recognize. I remember our kids had games that were familiar to me from when I was a kid, but the old “classic” games just don’t seem to be popular today, or … Continue reading →

Some time back, when Emily was at our house, she had some kind of soft drink that had random “facts” printed inside the lid. I happened to read one and it said, “A group of twelve or more cows is … Continue reading →

If you’ve been paying attention over the years, you know that today is a “holiday” that we always celebrate.I’m not sure why I think it’s necessary to explain Ten-ten Day every year — maybe because every year the same people … Continue reading →

Today is Columbus Day — a U.S. holiday that has always been, to some extent, and even more so, today — a kind of controversial holiday. The day commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492. It … Continue reading →

Today, October 8, is an important day — the Department of Homeland Security was established (by President George W. Bush) and Don Larson (Yankees) pitched the only perfect game in the history of the baseball World Series on the 8th … Continue reading →

Back in my working for a living days, one summer I spent a few weeks at a facility that our company owned in the country — in fact it was sometimes referred to as the “farm.” It once was owned … Continue reading →

Happy October — continuing my recent custom of writing about each upcoming month, today’s topic will be….October.  This is the month when I guess we should get into the fall mood. Besides Halloween, there’s a lot of interesting days coming … Continue reading →

Michaelmas is an ancient Celtic “Quarter Day” which marked the end of the harvesting season and is steeped in folklore. There are four English “Quarter Days” — days that fall around the Equinoxes or Solstices and mark the beginning of … Continue reading →