“Our Local Blood Bank: the End of an Era”
Many years ago I saw a cartoon showing an emaciated-looking old man sitting at the check-in station at a blood bank. His eyes were droopy. His face was wrinkled.
“The Downside of Glamping”
glamp·ing /GLAMP-ing/ noun 1. a form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping. With that online definition (from Oxford Languages) in mind,
“A Vent, but Also a Facing of Reality”
I believe that today (Thursday, July 28, 2022) might serve as a good example of how bad the situation would be for wife Evelyn and daughter Karlyn if anything
“TVs, Then and Now”
It’s sometime in the early 1960s. I’m in high school. I come home from school and decide I’d like to watch a little TV. I walk up to the
“Win”
I met Win (Winfield? Winfred? Never found out) at the Dover, DE, YMCA fitness center many years ago. He was in his 80’s at the time and has since
“On Losing Friends”
[Disclaimer: I know that virtually no one reads this blog, so I feel safe in posting something more cathartic this time. If you’re one of the fewer than, say,
“Where Have All the Greetings Gone?”
My 75th birthday was this week. On the day before I officially turned three-quarters of a century old, I received one card in the mail. I showed it to
“The Anti-Arborists”
Evelyn and I bought our manufactured home/mobile home/trailer in 2006. At the time, our street was unpaved; our “lawn” was nothing but dusty, rocky dirt; and ours was the
“Life with Karlyn”
It all started last night. I had to take Evelyn to her sleep study so she could be in bed and ready for the test by 9:00 PM. I
“Bad Parental Example?”
As Evelyn, Karlyn, and I returned home from our dental appointment in New Jersey we made our usual stop at the Pennsville Cracker Barrel. Karlyn loves their chicken and