Miles to Go

Have you freshened the batteries in your television remote lately? We're in the throes of a long holiday season, and once all the award luncheons, holiday parties,...

“Finished,” I said brightly. “Packed up, put away. Look at me, being all productive on a chilly Sunday.”  I was talking to Stan on the couch behind me,...

“Good Lord, how many times have I typed the words “cruise ships” and “COVID” in the past year?” I was talking to myself while scrolling through the past...

We don’t get many – or any – trick-or-treaters in my Old Town neighborhood; never have, actually, though I suppose I can’t blame parents for being reluctant...

I realize there are enough truly troubling problems in the world today without me piling on with my own petty complaints. But I can’t be the only...

I spent waaay too much time the other night deciding how many stars to award a product I had bought online a month or so earlier. I...

I never thought it would happen. I couldn’t envision how it would look, or how the city would ever come to an agreement about what should and...

Masked men hefted coolers from car trunks and called insulting greetings across the parking lot the way guys do.  With rosters finalized and last-minute calls made to missing...

Remember conference calls? Audio-only phone calls that connected multiple users? (Wistful sigh) I miss those. But I get it. And I applaud the recent, world-changing advancements in telecommunications since...

I love words. Love them. Since I was about 5 years old and discovered I was no good at math, I’ve relished any chance to move words around;...