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The night the Gilboa didn’t break
Monday, Aug. 27, 2012
We all know someone who specializes in spreading bad news.
Running from a twister with Toto
Monday, Aug. 13, 2012
Who was it who said it’s the journey, not the destination, that matters?
Why we keep Sundays to ourselves
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Sunday is my favorite day, despite its unfortunate proximity to Monday.
Witnessing a nocturnal blooming
Monday, July 16, 2012
We compressed our dinner plans when Peter Rumora called because, after all, this happens only once a year.
Perhaps it was someone playing tricks?
Monday, July 2, 2012
I hurried out the front door the other morning, locked it and then stood in confounded silence for a few moments.
The car wasn’t waiting for me in front of the house. Where the heck did I leave it?
The car wasn’t waiting for me in front of the house. Where the heck did I leave it?
Sorting out questions with Maggie
Monday, June 18, 2012
Maggie, our little squirrel-menacing terrier, sometimes is my sounding board when my wife is away on business.
Go Google yourself, just for fun
Monday, June 4, 2012
Last week, I discovered I’m in the dictionary.
At long last, I’m getting myself inked
Monday, May 21, 2012
I’ve always said I’d never do it because I’m not the type.
Smile for the camera, then pay your $250
Monday, May 14, 2012
Some people with dogs are pigs.
Hordes of readers pack book sale
Monday, May 7, 2012
My wife and I spent a pleasurable hour or so at the central branch of the Schenectady County Public Library over the weekend while the semiannual book sale was under way.
The colorful story of our garden shed
Monday, April 23, 2012
One of the fascinating things about enclaves like the Stockade, Georgetown, the Washington Park area in Troy — or any neighborhood where the row houses are crammed together so tightly that alley cats have to slip through sideways — is that the back yards are such a well-kept mystery.
We gather together for holidays
Monday, April 9, 2012
The secular observance of Easter is always an upbeat occasion for me, and it’s especially so now that there are scads of little grandchildren underfoot.
When new neighbors turn viral
Monday, March 26, 2012
As we mature and become wiser — at least we’re supposed to become wiser — we accept that our personal view of the world is not necessarily the correct or only one.
Dean's List: Stockade abuzz over Erie peril
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
There does always seem to be a storm brewing in the Stockade, which in many ways, some good, is like a village unto itself, separate from the rest of Schenectady.
