One heck of a newspaper staff

My Facebook friend Pat Myers put a photo on my page last week that begged for a Throwback Thursday slot here. We were the student staff of the University of Maryland daily, The Diamondack. It was one hell of a college newspaper those 40 years ago. This black-and-white was captured for the yearbook in 1978.…

When push comes to shove in Girls Trip, the women emerge

There are plenty of ups and downs in Girls Trip How about a balcony-to-balcony zip wire trip over a bustling New Orleans street where one woman’s personal momentum stops short but the comedy’s acrobatic adrenaline and basic bawdiness soars? Or a fruit-involved boudoir primer that turns into a doleful and painful experience? This 2-hour, 2-minute…

We spotted some different stripes

Something about a flag waving in the wind caught my eye as I walked with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle in the blocks around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. It was an American flag, I thought. But something was a bit … off. We were going too fast, and the wind…

Keeping track of that old-time feel

I took the direct route from Point A (the library) to Point B (my drug store) to get my prescriptions on the way home to A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. And along came a train to block my way. This is the second main road on which I had to stop…

Collection row

A day off from the library allowed me to walk with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle around the block surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville in the weekday morning of our garbage collection. We scooting past cans and bins before folks had a chance to bring them in from the curb.…

Gotten good at the library by my wife and colleagues

My Birthday Week celebration continued full steam ahead at my workplace, too. Between the time I’d left in the late afternoon and made my way to my desk the following morning, a bunch of surprises had turned up on my desk. My dear wife Karen had placed a big and gorgeous birthday cake in plain…

The door stops here

Our side screen door at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville has been free to do what it may for almost a year now, or ever since the big wind grabbed hold of it last winter and forced me to struggle mightily to keep myself and said rectangle from taking a skyward…