Vip (Virgil Partch) was a cartoonist who was popular from the 1940s right up until his death some years ago. He did the "Big George...

Monday is Memorial Day, a day which was originally set aside as a federal holiday not to barbecue burgers or water ski on a lake, but as a h...

May 25 was my friend Clay's 72 nd birthday. I'd love to send him a card or wish him happy birthday, but he died nine years ago at a...

My coworkers were at it again yesterday. They were acting like junior high kids, doing things boys do when they're immature: goosing eac...

Sometimes I wish I was a time traveler, able to go back and revisit important moments in my life. That's the way I feel about The Beatle...

I've worked with teachers now for three decades. I think they're great, but they're not above getting a little ribbing. Next to ...

My coworker Jeff is given to some sort of hysteria about diseases, disorders, mental and physical. It's something he shares with me. The...

You walk into any thrift store in America, I don't care what it is, Goodwill, Salvation Army, Thrift Town, whatever, about 95% of what y...

I just read an e-mail my friend Margaret sent me last night. She has spent the weekend in California where her husband lives and works. She ...

Arnie Arnoldson is dead. I saw his obituary. He died at age 88, of "causes incident to age." I hadn't thought of him for many ...

Mom and me at the beach in happier days, 1948 Today is Mother's Day. We visited my mom, Wanda, in the nursing home, where she is living ...

"Awesome" is such an overused word that I don't use it in my daily conversation. Still, there are things that fill me with som...

A few years ago I found a book at a thrift store. Well, that's not a big deal...I've found hundreds of books at thrift stores. I try...

Little Brother has gone from two visits a day to one. He comes to get fed. For months he came to the back door and sat on the deck furniture...

This week Thief ended its initial season on FX. I hope there will be a second season...and a third. I don't say that about many TV show...

Monday nights my wife goes to a cooking class so I get a chance to lump out in front of the tube. Early in the season I decided to take a ch...

Right now I'm waiting for a furniture company to deliver a new sofa, loveseat and recliner. We bought them two weeks ago but it has take...

Our friends in California have great style when it comes to birthday gifts. For my wife's birthday this week they sent a copy of an old...

Today was Secretaries Day...er, I mean Administrative Professionals Day. I don't want to make anyone mad, but it used to be Secretaries...

In the course of cleaning out my house over the past few days I've found things forgotten or things I thought lost. Among them was an ol...