Dogs To tell you the truth, I am rather ambivalent about dogs. As a child, we never had dogs in our family and as an adult homeowner the idea of adoptin…
A Bee Vase My nephew Pete has just gotten divorced. He’s cheerful yet conflicted as many divorcees are but at fifty is moving into his own house, the first h…
Memories December 29th 2005 was a Thursday . A suicide bomber killed himself, two Palestinian civilians and an Israeli soldier on the West Bank Tony B…
Promotion It was my 69th birthday last weekend. On Saturday, Shirley and I drove out to "The Fox House" for brunch. Then in the afternoon we atten…
Roger’s Stairs After many weeks of trepidation and angst, Roger has now mastered the cottage staircase. True he runs at it with all legs flaying, Almost as …
Puffins On Puffin Island, the little puffins all go to nursery school. This is Peter Puffin. He's a nice little puffin. And this is Penelope Puffin wh…