The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

I HAVE STARTED THREE BLOG POSTS since my last one, and all of them have gone stale in my drafts folder. Yet, the urge to write does strike me occasionally, and this week it smacked me upside the head as if to say, here's your next post. A year ago this month, I was dealing …

A quiet Easter

Easter was quiet this year. Seth and Ross had to work (they work for a company that hosts events with those big, outdoor inflatables, and all that goes with it), and Eli was invited to join a friend for a day trip to HersheyPark. So, it was just Steve and me, plus his son Richard, …

Things lately

IT'S BEEN HARD RECENTLY to know what to write here. I've started a few posts, but nothing felt like it was coming together. Today, however, is the Winter Solstice, and as we noted in our eulogy, nobody anticipated the Solstice with more eagerness than our mom. Her fervent hatred of cold weather was unparalleled. And, …