Easter Sunday is here in Connecticut with daffodils everywhere and bright yellow forsythia lining the roads. The Boomer Bloggers are back too with practical matters on their mind—from pondering the roads not taken, to figuring out the best financial strategies in these uncertain times. Can you relate? Looking back on life’s decisions… Can’t get through […]
Ever feel like you stumbled through some black hole and transported back in time? I did when I watched all eight(!) hours of “Get Back,” the documentary on one of the Beatles last recording sessions. The quality of this video is so good, I felt like I lived with these icons for a week. (I […]
You think you’ll feel one way about something, but end up feeling another. My oldest son Patrick moved out recently. I expected to feel easy-going about it, ready. After all, he’s 25. It’s time. But I felt something different. The sight of his empty room hit me harder than expected. All his furniture is gone […]
Anyone who reads this blog knows I write about my Dad… a lot. He’s always on my mind since he suffers from late-stage Parkinson’s disease. And yet there’s another person I’m always thinking of, who keeps the machinery of my father’s world moving like clockwork, who’s as necessary, irreplaceable and vital as the sun is to the earth. And that’s […]
I see him around town sometimes. The other day he was in our neighborhood coffee shop where I heard the lady behind the counter call him Ray. He looks to be in his thirties with brown hair and always wears neatly-pressed khakis and a flannel shirt. A red bandana is usually tied around his neck. […]
