Last Wednesday, Beth and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary. I used to think it was strange to celebrate lengthy anniversaries. I mean, just lasting? That’s a thing? Turns out it kinda is. Not that I think people should stay together just to stay together. If they’re not happy, or worse, if they’re in an […]

I’m writing as I fly home from Washington State. I’m on my third commercial flight since Covid sort of subsided. We passengers wear masks. No hassles. I’m tired and sore and exhilarated after doing the best thing I’ve done since I used to … do things. I’m not a real hiker, but I’ve done a […]

We have kind of an aural household. As in, there’s lots of sound most of the time. It’s live radio, streaming radio, or the squawking of Beth’s computer. It’s Siri on Beth’s iPhone reporting her blood sugar levels, or the time of day, or the current temperature and weather forecast. I guess that’s predictable given […]

This week I learned that one of the 16 identified victims of the Surfside collapse was only 26 years old. From the Miami Herald: Luis Bermúdez, a 26-year-old man from Puerto Rico and 7th floor resident of Champlain Towers South, was killed in the collapse, according to family members who announced his death on social […]

We visited some friends in Urbana the week before last—at some point, as we talked about our home town and its problems, one asked, “Do you know people who have actually moved away?” We do. One couple left after the second round of looting last summer. Two other couples probably were on their way out […]