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Every blog post is a little like a message in a bottle. You hope someone will find it, and be interested in it, and reply.

Before 2017, I never could have imagined reprimanding the POTUS daily on social media. I also never could have imagined having a president that needed daily reprimanding. What a strange place we’re in.

I know that as a New Englander I’m supposed to be stoic about wintry weather. But it is 12° right now, and that’s warm compared to the temperatures we’ve been having. Tomorrow’s predicted high is 29° (heavenly!), but we’re supposed … Continue reading →

My memory is poor. I can hardly remember things from day to day, let alone from year to year. This has caused me a sort of “separation anxiety.” I feel a separation from everything that has happened to me in … Continue reading →

Not that I keep track of bad years and label them as such in my memory, but had I done so, I suspect that 2017 would sit at the very top of the list. Every year will have its share … Continue reading →

We had Chinese food for dinner tonight. My fortune: Our purpose in life is not to get ahead of other people—but to get ahead of ourselves. This is good advice to carry into the new year, don’t you think?

I was just absent-mindedly fiddling with the glow stick that my daughter gave me when she asked, “You gonna stick that in your nose?” I thought about it for a minute, then replied, “Yeah.” And I stuck it up my … Continue reading →

Heard around the house: One man’s troll is another man’s elf. Somehow I doubt Santa would agree.

I have my own particular set of sayings that I use frequently. One of them is “make it snappy.” I use this saying on the kids when they’re slow to do whatever it is they’ve been told to do. But … Continue reading →