The robins have abandoned their nest on our front porch. I haven't seen the female for two days. Bern tells me she saw the male in the y...

Tonight I was out on our deck, watching the heat lightening from the north, hoping that's moving south and the heat will break. A few ni...

I don't think of myself as a poet--much less a good poet--but I do write them from time to time. It's quite odd what prompts a poem....

I went to Christ Church, New Haven this morning with my friend John for the solemn high mass of Pentecost. If you've never been to Chris...

It will be three weeks tomorrow since I stopped going to St. John's every day. I've only gone to Waterbury a couple of times--found ...

And have you tried to open a kid's toy yesterday? When we were young parents you had to stay up late to assemble things. Now you'd h...

I have discovered as I grow older that there are more and more things I can't seem to open properly or easily. Am I simply getting feebl...