Nate contemplating his next insult. I just got back from an 8 day stint helping my daughter and son-in-law with their three children, so I’m both weary and refreshed. Weary, cuz it’s very tiring. Refreshed, cuz I got some blog material. Here it is- I thought I was good at fending off insults. I mean I taught seniors […]

This Monday, May 23, is our 52nd wedding anniversary. To honor that moment, this is the toast that our son and firstborn, Jim, gave on our 50th wedding anniversary. In the background is his son, Christian,and in the foreground is his son, Ethan.  When thinking about my parent’s 50th anniversary, I was trying to come up […]

Is all of teeming humanity represented at my gym, or only a segment of it? I cannot answer that question because frankly I couldn’t possibly deal with any more types than are already at my gym. I mean, who comes to the gym in  white slip-on vans? Well, one man does and his coiffed and […]

Is it just me or do shoes also take up a large part of your thinking, your day, perhaps your life? My requirements for shoes are vastly different from the ones I used to have. In my teens, nothing else mattered but trends. My grandfather took me shopping for shoes. I insisted on a pair […]