It’s beginning to feel like it’s always been winter. The damp, dark days have overtaken my mind. I can barely remember what it feels like to have sun on my body. I feel sluggish, melancholy, tired, and generally fed up with this season. I’ve had enough of the rain and the steel-gray skies. So, I dig out my…
Month: February 2013
Age: It’s a Relative Thing
I was having lunch with a group recently and the topic of conversation came around to my pending retirement. One of the women was surprised to learn that I’m so close to reaching that milestone. “You look so good!” she said referring, I think, to the fact that I look younger than the traditional sixty-five…
Car Talk
“Someone’s stolen the car.” I’m guessing it was about 5:15pm when Dad called home to tell Mom that his white Oldsmobile had been stolen. I can only imagine his shock as he stepped out the back door of his office expecting to find his “Iron Horse” parked in the same place he had left it when he…
Don’t Call Me Callipygian
I came across a post on a pretty funny blog called Catharsis recently called Top 20 Words to Revive in 2013. Many of the words on the list surprised me because I use them fairly often and I had to face the fact, yet again, that I’ll never be in step with all of the current…