Semi-new me

I can see clearly now. I broke down after last month’s annual visit to my eye doctor and took the little prescription card to the neighborhood vision center to pick up a new pair of progressives. It’s been, oh, three-plus years since the last purchase, enough time to collect some scratches on the lenses and…

Sniffing out life’s changes for the OG

Shutterstock. Used to always be when a certain odor hit me when I was behind the wheel, my eyes would start searching for the dead skunk in the middle of the road, as the song of my youth that still rattles around my brain courtesy of Loudon Wainwright III heralds. But now this certified Retired Guy…

Old favorite for new game night fun at our house

Friendly competition. My dear wife Karen was happy to honor my birthday gift request for an old favorite game. I grew up rolling the dice and filling out boxes for Yahtzee with my parents and then with my sisters. Karen and I have happily fit the dice rolls into our leisure time since December, a…

Too generous neighbors

Bread on the pool cover. The food chain around here can work like this: A neighbor decides birds and squirrels need nourishment. Out goes half-loaves of their uneaten bread. (Nice, thick, crusty artisan bread, I must add.) Said wildlife lugs weighty food toward some hiding place or another over the fence that divides properties. The…

Trying the angle

Part of the cast. Meanwhile, over on the jetty across the inlet, a couple other nice weather fans were wetting lines. I know not what they were hoping to land, nor how they were doing.