Today, I’m sharing a piece I wrote a number of years ago. This year, we’re all suffering about how – and how much -- to celebrate Thanksg...

With every day passing day, we have to go further into our memories to find the “everyday,” the things we used to take for granted; littl...

When he arrived on the scene, I was already a game show fanatic, so much so that it was my dream to someday have a show, a sidekick, a st...

Hey folks. Well, it's been one helluva week (or month ... or year ... or ...) Anyway, I'm not sure how much or how deeply you're breathin...

Unless you’ve been living under the proverbial rock for, I don’t know, “ever,” you know Tuesday is Election Day here in the U.S. (By the w...

Every now and again, I feel the need to clear out some of the thoughts, ideas and trivial things that happen to me and make their way (vi...

I have a Sunday morning routine. I get up before dawn, when things are quiet and peaceful. I make coffee, feed and walk the dog, and then...

Today, please enjoy this encore presentation of "Trash Talking," which includes a bit of "trash poetry." Garbage day intrigues me because...

I did something last week I thought I’d never do. I made bread. I understand that to some, it's not a big deal. After all, it’s been a st...

“They’re an odd couple,” I thought as I passed them on the street one day, a duo I would never have put together. Yet, there they stood, ...

I like autumn, and I always have. The way it feels, and the way it smells. I like its cool, brisk breezes, and I’m pleasantly surprised b...

In the past few days, three things have caught my attention that stood out as odd; more so than all the other oddities occurring in our c...

Since it’s Labor Day, I thought I’d pull up a piece from the archives. The gentleman featured here has since retired, and I hope he’s enj...

Many of my present-day anecdotes and experiences happen in those places I frequent as a normal, everyday middle-aged person. One of those...

My first – and really only -- question after hearing the story I’m about to share with you is, “How did he get away in the first place?” ...

It happened while I was rolling the garbage can out to the curb. (To be clear, it was Garbage Day, I wasn’t just pushing our trash around...

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me how my "Get Rid of One Item A Day" campaign was proceeding. My reply went something like this:...

In the course of a day, lots of things catch my eye or distract me from more important issues and activities. Often, these are things tha...

Were you aware that the Heimlich Maneuver hasn’t been called the Heimlich Maneuver since 2006? How come I’m just hearing about his now? O...

“Wonder what that one is,” I said to the dog as we shuffled along on a pre-dawn walk this morning. “It” was what appeared to be a star, b...