Pink Granite

To be clear, I HATE ticks. By all accounts this is going to be a very rough season. By season I mean spring, summer and autumn. An incred...

”Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Chuck Happy Birthday to you - and many more! Wheeeeeee!!!” He is the bee’...

Loved this!

Similar to the Irish tradition of remaining with the body of a loved one until burial, Shemira is the Jewish ritual of attending or guardin...

Thursday, February 9, 2012, we spent the afternoon with Chuck’s Tanta. Age 89 and in hospice care with liver cancer, she was clearly in her...

Bill Moyers has a fierce intellect coupled with a calm and dignified manner. Bill Moyers also has a way with words: "the malignant narc...

Willard Mitt Romney, one of the Republican presidential candidates, may have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he regularly sw...

SoundHound works. It kicks Shazam to the corner and back. Not only does it identify the music quickly and accurately, it is content rich ...

I first wrote and posted this piece in 2007. My feelings have not changed. I believe it bears repeating and more so this year after extens...

STOP CENSORSHIP! VOTE NO ON SOPA! SOPA - the Stop Online Piracy Act - is a mess. The US House of Representatives bill has a catchy title. W...

Yesterday we drove down to Rhode Island for the first time since Christmas. We visited with my Mom as well as Al, Carrie and Isabella Rose....

Chuck and I first tasted a Chipotle based salsa at a Mexican restaurant in Redmond, Washington many years ago. We were so taken with it, we...

For several weeks we have been devoting a great deal of time and energy to helping Chuck’s elderly aunt. Working with hospice has been of c...

Living this close to the state of New Hampshire, just before the presidential primaries, means we are inundated with political ads. This is...

We went to Christmas Revels at Harvard on Wednesday. If there was such a thing as the “ninth night” of Chanukah, that would have been the ni...

...He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew, like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, as he d...

Tonight is the first night of Chanukah. We lit the candles, read the story and sang the songs. But I’m afraid the latkes will have to wait ...

Back in May of 2010 I posted about my dilemma when it comes to being panhandled. Many of you shared your stories of when you do and don’t ...

Wow. This puts it all in perspective: Thank you Dr. Mike Evans!

I admit I get a kick out of the flashmob phenomenon. This one from Minnesota is a holiday delight! Enjoy!