Category Archives: general

This July, the price of first class postage goes up a whole nickel, from 68 to 73 cents, another step toward the inevitable demise of the Christmas card. I remember… Read more »

  I recently attended a 100th birthday party for a wonderful lady named Mildred. A singer serenaded her, inserting her name into the lyrics of familiar songs. This was likely… Read more »

Sometimes a child reminds us where we’ve been, where we are, and where we are going. Recently at my television station, we were visited by a family with a 10-year-old… Read more »

One of the benefits of aging is looking back at your past mistakes, and then cautioning your younger relatives and friends to avoid those mistakes. Early in my work career,… Read more »

Imagine for a moment that you have 25 children. You love all of them equally, right? Yet if we’re honest, some of them may be easier to raise. You know,… Read more »

With the help of readers, I collect misspellings, misinterpretations and other mishaps. As you’ll see at the end of this column, I even published an entire book of them! Here… Read more »

  A musician friend of mine is in a physical rehab center recovering from hip surgery. He fell a few weeks after losing his wife of 60 years. She had… Read more »

Both leading presidential candidates recently underwent physical examinations. These were immediately followed by gushing press releases, assuring us that these two codgers are in peak form, seemingly ready to compete… Read more »

I asked for it, and you delivered. Last week, I invited you to complete this sentence: “I never thought I’d see the day that ______________. As promised, here are your… Read more »

Did Anyone See This Coming? Watching TV in the classic sitcom days, rarely a week would go by without some befuddled Dad (like Archie Bunker, Howard Cunningham, or Al Bundy)… Read more »