I bumped into Dr. Sam Rizzo at General Hospital the week before last and in the course of our conversation he brought up remembering a little boy in the yard next-door when he was just a tyke and how the… Continue Reading
You don’t forget a name like Foster Ritchie. And I am lucky enough to have two of them to not forget. I met Foster Sr. first. He showed up in my backyard the very day I moved into a home… Continue Reading
What ever happened to Doppler Radar? That’s what I want to know. All we hear about now are American models and European models, and which will prove correct. Not that Doppler Radar was all that impressive. I recall thinking when… Continue Reading
My Uncle Eddie happened to be visiting a few years ago on Ash Wednesday, and as I donned my coat and told him I had to excuse myself because I was off to church to get ashes, he quipped, “Well,… Continue Reading
Love is silly. If you don’t believe me, you haven’t been shopping for valentines. It’s difficult not to feel silly when buying a card with a cute little bunny, or puppy, or kitty cat expressing your “wuv” for your sweetheart.… Continue Reading
“Are you Ackerman?” Gene Guarilia asked after working his way through a crowd in the back yard of Thomas R. Kelly’s home in Duryea, surprisingly in search of me. I did not have to ask who he was. He was… Continue Reading
If summer came right after Christmas how trim and fit I might be. I’d eat berries for breakfast, salads for lunch and then tackle un-trimming the tree. I’d pull on my gym shorts and sneakers and off I’d go for… Continue Reading
“You learn a lot in 100 years” was the theme of Dodge’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial. To tie in with Dodge’s own 100th anniversary, the commercial featured centenarians giving advice on how to live to such a ripe old age.… Continue Reading