For Perry and me, 2024 was a difficult year. Our beloved niece died of metastatic breast cancer, a friend of Perry's died, and our...

Thoughts on the election: This aside, 2024 was a bad year for us, between the deaths of loved ones and illness, among other things. But...

These pictures tell in a nutshell what happened in my last fall. Luckily, no bones broken, but plenty of aches and pains.

I was lying in a sodden heap under the weed tree—a silver maple—in our front yard. I had been carrying a cane in my right hand and a...

Sheesh. Who knew getting older was such a bitch! Can't say I worried about it too much in recent decades, but things have advanced on me...

Some years ago, Perry and I had a Pekingese named Hugo, who was darling inside and out. At 12 pounds, he was small and had acquired the...

The Third Man is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. It starred Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles and Trevor...

In recent weeks, Perry and I have been revisiting old movies, some of which have aged better than others. The 1944 film, Gaslight,...

The minute we met Major Everett Jones, I knew he was a character. We were at a friend’s apartment, and he was sitting on the back of the...

When we moved into our house in 1986, this is what the yard looked like out back: The wood in the foreground was the edge of a crappy...

It’s taken me many weeks to sit down to write about our beloved niece, Erin, who died of metastatic breast cancer in February at the age...

Many apologies to my readers. I've dropped off the Internet for awhile after several emotional setbacks to the illness and death of a...

The first time we met, and happily not the last, Margaret and Everett Jones were at a friend’s party. Everett, a tall, handsome black man...

Many of you know I have had a case of Covid since before Christmas. We had to forgo both Christmas and New Year's celebrations. I'm...

Four days before Christmas, I tested positive for Covid, as did a friend staying with us. For some reason, Perry was spared. Of course,...

Today Perry celebrates -- or acknoweledges-- his 69th birthday. Here are some pics from his childhood. Here's Perry soaking up some sun...

When I was working as a literary agent, I often had full days in New York City, seeing as many as eight people a day for short visits. I...

I've had an odd feeling of anxiety all week, one initiated, of all things, by a comic strip. I read certain comics in The Washington Post...

In the old days, the woman of the house and the daughters spent long hours preparing Thanksgiving dinner. So it is at our house. John,...

Elwood looking to stick his tongue in someone's mouth, his signature move. As many of you know, our Boston Terrier Elwood began declining...