The Pursuit of Happiness
Geezers and crones amongst us may recall the 1968 presidential election between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. Nixon won 43.42% to Humphrey’s 42.72% --...
The Dirt on Nicky
Thoughts about greenhouses
Back when wearing animal skins was chic (and necessary because we had not invented pants yet), a bunch of us were huddled...
The Coffee Table
There’s No Place Like Home
I was homeless for about six hours on my recent trip to the west coast. I had to check out...
The Coffee Table
How Many Zeroes in “Uber?”
I am not a billionaire. I don’t know any billionaires. I can’t even fathom a billion dollars. So perhaps a discussion...
Dropping a Line
By Robert Johnson - It’s the last day of November and the fish are liking it, but very few anglers are fishing. Beaver Lake stripers...
The Coffee Table
Orphan on Vacation
I am an orphan. Mom passed away on Saturday. It wasn’t a shock. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s 11 years ago, she’d been progressively losing...
The Nature of Eureka
Fringe Tree – striving to survive
With showy sprays of snow-white blooms as attractive as those of any tree, fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) should be...
The Coffee Table
Glimpsing Disability — Part I
While (unadvisedly) playing racquetball for the first time in twenty years, I sprained an ankle. I didn’t actually know I was...
Dropping a Line
Record breaking striper, 74 pounds, caught off the Connecticut coast in 2012, proves March is good for striped bass fishing, and here’s a shot...
Dropping a Line
Four-year-old Elisabeth Whiteside with her father, Eric, from Shell Knob, Mo., with some nice trout we caught Sunday trolling flicker shad from Beavertown to...