The first week of 2020 has taken about two-and-a-half years to go by. And the general sense I get is that we’re staring down the barrel of some downright ornery days, weeks, months, and maybe even years to come. I hate to be a pessimist, but the headlines cropping up over the past hour haven’t …
Category: Sundry
No Resolve II
This is gonna be quick. I’ve got stuff to do, and un-decorating the house took me longer than expected. It’s the last day of 2019, and for the first time in I don’t know how long, I feel pretty good about how I carried myself through the year. The year wasn’t perfect, and neither was …
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My face felt claustrophobic all day today. It started when my daughter and youngest son were halfway to Burlington, VT., where we were meeting my oldest son and a close friend of his for a birthday breakfast. Around mile marker 90 on Interstate 89 South, I was terribly aware of the beard growing on my …
Dear Grandpa,
You’ve been on my mind a lot lately, and with Christmas – the first one without you – only a day away, I wanted to check in and share a few thoughts with you. A year ago as we gathered to celebrate the holidays, you weren’t doing so good, and even though I miss you …
Leveling Up
I’m not a video game guy. My gaming skills peaked at the House of Pizza in Morrisville, Vt., in April 1986. For a few glorious hours, I had the high score on the Centipede arcade game and was the coolest 12-year-old in Lamoille County (in my mind, at least). I didn’t own a gaming system …
