In 1940 the battle for France had been lost and the battle for Britain was to begin. Speaking to Parliament on June 18, 1940 Winston Churchill uttered these immortal words, “Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the...
Today was a honey-do day. One of the tasks was a fairly easy refastening a shelf to a wall. But sometimes I find easy tasks ending up being not as easy as I thought they would be. Have you ever started a simple plumbing job...
Last evening in class some of my students taught me a new word. I had no idea this word existed. It is “subitize.” It is pronounced “sue baa tize.” I felt a bit dull because it wasn’t the high school math teachers who taught me...
We have a small music box containing three separate cylinders, thus it plays three different tunes. I like it best when all three songs are playing at the same time. I know that sounds strange but each time the music is a different delicate cacophonic...
History provides us with moments of great importance. Decisions, decisions, decisions weigh heavily on our hearts. Sometimes proximity blurs the importance for us and we forget other much more important moments. Not a Tuesday night but a Thursday night 2000 years ago a decision was...
While walking my dog this afternoon we met a lady with a snarly little dog. My dog which was for sure five times the size of the offender was a model of decorum. I was so proud of her. The lady said to me, “You...
It was crazy beautiful. There I was with my leaf-blower in hand trying to blow the leaves out of the yard and over the bank only to have a stiff breeze pick them up and blow them back. I was in a mini-cyclone of swirling...
For years one of my sons worked on Wall Street. For years I listened very carefully to him. I was always hoping to glean just a tidbit of information that might alert my attention to a particular stock. I knew better than to ask. Insider...
I just discovered my dog eats tomatoes. Dogs don’t eat tomatoes! This is truly weird. What other strange appetites and behaviors are housed inside my beautiful friend? I thought I knew her well. Could it be that my wife of 54 years also has secrets? ...
I have this wonderful wooden box filled with cards. It is great fun to open it and shuffle through old driver’s licenses, (I actually liked my picture on one of them). There are ID cards from the Massachusetts Teacher’s Association, the Audubon Society, Atlantic Union...