Date Lines

Date Lines

OMG, I was asked out on a date. What should I do? I haven’t been on a date for over fifty years, and I have no idea how to act. When a spouse dies, the funeral home should hand out guides to widowhood or widowerhood. It seems only sensible because I, for one, don’t...
Building a Book, Bits of Time

Building a Book, Bits of Time

I always wanted to be a construction guy, but I was neither a guy nor had the tools to build things like dog houses, so I had to settle for easier things like writing books. So here I am, at the advanced old age of 75, putting words on paper, building books, hoping...
What Does Unlimited Mean?

What Does Unlimited Mean?

A few months ago, I visited the phone store, and a young man suggested that I buy an “unlimited data package.” It was a few dollars more, but I figured that I would never run out. I’m on the Internet a lot, publishing blogs, researching stuff, and marketing my books....
A Turkey Named Alton

A Turkey Named Alton

Thanksgiving was a wonderful time this year, friends and family and extended family with food and drink and grandchildren. It’s my favorite holiday, so I always look forward to it and am blue and filled to the brim when it’s over. I have roasted the Thanksgiving...
Keeping Track of Grandma

Keeping Track of Grandma

I bought a new gizmo this week, electronic, of course, and eagerly tore into the package to connect it. Actually, I tried to tear into the package, but I am wise to how companies package these days and retrieved my Swiss Army Knife, my screwdriver, and my scissors to...