Jeanette and I attended the annual Thanksgiving turkey fry in Venetia, Pennsylvania, hosted by Jeanette’s daughter Susan and son-in-law Jeff. This year the weather was perfect for an outdoor party on Thanksgiving Day. The sun was shining and there was very little wind. A light jacket or sweatshirt was perfect attire. The party officially starts…read more

You read the title of my blog correctly. When I was six years old, all I wanted for Christmas was an electric train. I still have that old electric train and I and my brothers and cousins played with that electric train for many many years. But now my needs have changed, although there is…read more

I’d like to share a little poem that I came across on the internet by Clyde Watson: NOVEMBER COMES AND NOVEMBER GOES, WITH THE LAST RED BERRIES AND THE FIRST WHITE SNOWS. WITH THE NIGHT COMING EARLY, AND THE DAWN COMING LATE, AND ICE IN THE BUCKET AND FROST ON THE GATE. THE FIRES BURN…read more

Halloween is just a week away and now is the time to decorate our homes for fall, buy some candy for the kids in preparation for their visit on beggar’s night. It’s also time to clean up the fallen leaves, wash up the lawn mower, enjoy the last of the tomatoes from the garden, and…read more

It doesn’t matter where you were born or the color of your skin or what kind of religion that you practice or what kind of neighborhood that you grew up in. We humans all share a common bond when it comes to remembering our beginnings. The music of “There’s No Place like Home for the…read more

Our annual Thanksgiving visit to Jeff and Susan’s home in southern Pennsylvania who host an annual outdoor turkey fry was a lot of fun. The weather was perfect for our travels last Tuesday and when we arrived, Jeff was so confident that the weather would hold on Thanksgiving Day that he didn’t even bother to…read more