I got an early start to a slow day. For some reason, we had the dogs fed and walked before 6:30 AM. Pancakes won the coin toss this mornin...

It rained a lot last night. Dash slept through the storm, but Dot became frightened and I had to sleep on the floor with her for a while....

Today was so disorganized that it was almost time for lunch by the time I finally finished breakfast. I wasn't able to get Dot outside...

When I was writing one of my periodic old fashioned letters to my sister today, it occurred to me that I was becoming a Luddite too. Lette...

. Halloween is a non-event in our neighborhood. When we were walking the dogs this evening, we saw one young trick-or-treater walking down...

Sometimes on Sundays I stare at the screen for thirty minutes before I write a single word. I'm just too tired. I went to the gym righ...

I'm not catching many breaks with this roof. When I went up on the roof to inspect what the repair crews did yesterday, I was simultan...

The roofers came today and my trash got emptied. I'd call that a success. I probably didn't even need to go up on the roof to show...

It took a lot longer than I thought to get the new iPad ready to use. There ought to be a red big button at the start of the configuration...

I discovered some old birthday and Christmas gift cards in a drawer that I'd almost forgotten about and decided that this would be as ...

I voted. My vote will probably cancel your vote, but no hard feelings. That's just the way our system works. If my local precinct is a...

I picked up the watch I took in for repairs last week and exactly fifteen minutes after I returned home, the broken link they allegedly fi...

My Dad was an accomplished scientist. He wrote books and was well regarded by his peers. None of this prevented him from being sucked into...

Dash followed a path this morning we hadn't been down in years and all of the sudden it was like old times. It was a nice day and we e...

Today had its ups and downs. I was delighted to see a few Orionid meteors as I was walking Dash before dawn this morning. The light pollut...

What was Cardinal Dolan thinking when he invited Donald and Hillary to speak at the Al Smith dinner tonight? Somebody forgot to tell thes...

Another loose dog came after Dash today. I managed to stop the dog before any damage was done, but the incident made me mad. It's amaz...