My annual look back at my top reads of the previous year....
Cruising The Danube
A look back at highlights from our eight-day Danube River cruise, plus a post-cruise extension to Nuremberg and Prague....
Sonic Assault
I went to a movie for the first time in more than five years. It was great, but those previews ......
Winnie
For Christmas in 2008, my brother and I gave my dad a gift card to the Humane Society; this was after his wife, our mom, had been moved to a nursing home as her Alzheimer’s Disease progressed. With the gift card, Dad adopted a beautiful young calico cat, named Winnie, who would end up...
Age-Groupers
A night at an age-group swimming meet brought back lots of memories and reminded me that there's joy to be found in the sport at all ability levels....
The Five Best (And Five Worst) Formula 1 Tracks
The 2025 Formula 1 season is underway, and all signs point to an exciting competition. Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton moves to Ferrari, McClaren has regained its form, and multiple teams have brought new talent into the driver field this year. F1 races 24 times this year, in 21 different countries (Italy twice, United...
Retirement Check-In
While retirement hasn’t been—so far, at least—the anticipated carousel of restaurants, parties and world travel, it has definitely been a good time, and I feel like I’m just getting warmed up....
My Top Reads In ’24
Here's a quick look at the top 10 books I read in 2024—seven fiction and three nonfiction....
Cruising To Alaska
We took our first large-ship cruise in July, sailing from Seattle to visit Alaska aboard the 4,000-passenger Norwegian Encore....
Vacation Wildlife
This summer's trip to the Lake Michigan shore in northern Indiana featured some unusual wildlife encounters....