The other Taxman
Today is April 15th. This means that, along with millions of others, I’ll be making my way to the copy machine and then on to the post office so that my filled-out tax forms will have the proper postmark. Ah, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Me, myself, and I
My mother takes a walk
[NOTE: For earlier posts about my mother, see this one about her stroke, this one about her recuperation, and this one about her move from the New England town where we’d both been living to the New York City community … Continue reading →
Confessions of a semicolon lover
The NY Times salutes a subway notice demonstrating the proper use of the semicolon. Apparently it’s all too rare a sight nowadays; this bit of punctuation is generally considered an archaic has-been. Well, I protest; I must confess right here … Continue reading →
Doing my non-Christmas shopping
I’m still unpacking in my new apartment, but even though I carefully numbered each packing box, and kept a list of what’s where, I apparently wasn’t specific enough. So now, in all those boxes labeled “kitchen” and sub-labeled things like … Continue reading →
My late bloomer
I don’t have much of a green thumb with houseplants. There are some varieties I gave up on long ago—the Boston fern, for instance. A fern in the dry heat of a northeastern home in winter requires a degree of … Continue reading →
Parents and homework wars, now—and then
This article at American Thinker describes growing protests by parents, who maintain their kids are overburdened and stressed out by too much homework. Author Charles J. Sykes takes issue, though, citing research to the contrary: …a study by the Brookings … Continue reading →
Things I’m tired of…
I’ve got a busy day today, so I will be uncharacteristically (and perhaps thankfully?) brief. Things I’m tired of: (1) the 2008 election (2) me saying I’m tired of the 2008 election (3) the fact that every time I see … Continue reading →
A walk in the park, sans pigeons
I was in Chicago last weekend, staying in the Hyde Park area, along Lake Shore Drive. Lake Michigan is extraordinary, looking for all the world like the ocean, complete with whitecaps on a windy day and what appear to be … Continue reading →
What’s your first memory?
I’ve always had an excellent recollection for early events in my life, with the peculiarity that my memories tend to be visual as well as auditory and emotional. That is, not only can I remember a great many incidents occurring … Continue reading →
And the difference between prison and assisted living is…
Today’s a traveling day, so this will be quick. I’m driving down to NY to see my family and especially my elderly mother. Last night I called her at around 8:15 to see how she was doing. She sounded a … Continue reading →
Eye yay yay
I lost my eyeglasses back in July, but since I only use them for night driving I can get by okay without them. And so, in all the flurry and brouhaha around my move, I’d neglected to replace them till … Continue reading →
Late at night in a soon-to-be-empty house
Actually, it was early in the morning. The night before the closing I was up till 6:30 AM doing all the last-minute clearing away of the detritus of my life, getting things ready for the walk-through at 8:30 AM. I … Continue reading →