Cousin Dweezil remembers when we used to snicker at the sounds old people’s bodies made. It’s not so funny anymore. “After all that weeding yesterday, when I move, it sounds like a bowl of Rice Krispies after one pours the milk,” she moaned the other day. “It doesn’t hurt but it … [Read more...]

It’s 9 o’clock at night. The TV glows. None of my favorite shows are on, it’s too early to go to bed, and the images of lions and hyenas on the Discovery channel have planted a seed in my brain. “Time for a nibble” I think. No, not that kind, and my wife has left the room … [Read more...]

My son thought it tacky that we hadn’t cleaned all the bird poop off the satellite dish that partially blocks the front entrance to our house. He doesn’t know the half of it…wait til early December when we don’t clean the bird poop off the 50-foot inflatable Santa or the 50-foot … [Read more...]

I'm very much an adherent of traditional medicine. Offer me an epidural (pregnant or not) and I'm there! So when I was assigned to read an article on alternative, complementary and integrative medicine for one of my social work classes, I was expecting the details about … [Read more...]

For six months, I thought we were going to a Nude ranch. Bringing the three boys seemed a bit odd, but my wife always handles our vacation arrangements so I let it go. Then the informational packet arrived from the Pine Grove Dude ranch in the Catskill Mountains. Not an exposed … [Read more...]