Thanksgiving Food Traditions

Your family, like mine, probably has some Thanksgiving traditions with the food you serve.  Ever wonder where they come from? Do they have roots in the meal celebrated by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag tribe in 1621? Here’s an assessment of some of the...

The Coaster Dilemma

Do you use the furniture that requires the coaster? If so, are the coasters prominently displayed and easy to reach? Or do you purposefully have furniture that doesn’t require coasters? Or maybe you’re smart about the location of the pieces that do require...

The Human Fudge Factor

During one stretch of physical therapy during my two and half year ordeal with shoulder replacement, the physical therapist said to me,  “Make sure you do these exercises three times a day.” When it comes to PT, I’m the model patient. My goal is...

Physical Engagement

What’s your level of engagement in the physical act of living? Do you make any of your own food? I mean assemble and create meals from single ingredients. Do you go to the grocery store yourself? What about multiple stores or farm markets to procure different...

A Reminder of My Age

I heard the song Paranoid in my grocery store a few days ago. Paranoid. Not the Musak version, or some adult-contemporary cover, or some otherwise softened homage. The raw 1970 version from the Black Sabbath album of the same name, complete with Ozzy’s whining...

Being There

I’d much rather watch any football game on TV than in person. But one time, you should stand in Beaver Stadium at the whiteout game as the Blue Band and crowd crescendo while the team exits the tunnel to take the field. I literally get teary. I can’t help...

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