On a recent Saturday night we had he pleasure of watching our 15 year old niece play bass on a song with our brother-in-law’s band,...

I just celebrated another birthday, and this one as you probably guessed from the title was number 57. Time has flown by as it is already...

We recently had to replace a portion of the fence in our yard and what started out as a fairly easy process veered toward a repeat of the...

Twenty years ago on October 20th, my wife and I were married at the Grenville in Bayhead, NJ surrounded by friends and family to help us...

I finally did it! I made a perfect omelette! After years of trying and a year and a half making breakfasts (usually more like brunch...

This post is a follow-on to “Re-invent Yourself” with the focus on interviewing, whether it is for a new position, a business loan, or as...

I recently realized that in all my posts since starting this blog I have not yet released my inner retired curmudgeon and I figured it...

Another post inspired by attending a Celebration of Life service and remembrance. This one for the mother of one of my wife’s friends....

A little different post this week, inspired by the Celebration of Life for my cousin’s late husband this past weekend. Most of you don’t...

As summer winds down and I am enjoying one of my last caipirinhas of the year I got to thinking about how my tastes in adult beverages...

Having recently gone through 2 days of rain from Hurricane Henri, followed by much worse from Ida, I got to thinking about all the storms...

I’ve written previously about the opportunities presented in retirement to re-invent oneself, but you don’t have to wait for retirement....

This post title was inspired by our bartender at a local watering hole on Father’s Day. It came about when I told her I would just use...

I’ve learned – slowly – that as I age I need to pay more attention to what my body is telling me. And it speaks louder each year! This...

In our workaday lives we rush from task to task in an effort to keep up with all the stuff going on at work and at home. While immersed...

It seems many of us have lost the ability to have discussions with others who have different views than our own. This is sad for many...

Note: I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago, before the Delta variant flared. I still feel we should be getting back to life, we just...

This post was inspired by the Father’s Day Family Circus comic strip in which oldest son Billy told readers about his favorite “music”....

Recently I met a friend and former colleague for lunch to catch up after several months. After the initial updates on family, we jumped...

First, I hope all you dads reading this had a nice Father's Day! This post was inspired by bike rides during which there seems to be a...