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Monday, October 27, 2025

A boy named Cal

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  One very cheap way to attract "likes," comments and all the other forms of social media validation on which bloggers thrive is t...
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Monday, October 20, 2025

This might seem strange, but I like people and I love hearing their stories

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It is fashionable these days to think poorly of people in general. And there is some justification for that. A sizeable chunk of humankind v...
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Monday, October 13, 2025

My wife has been in her element for the last 7 weeks

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One of the most interesting and fun things since our grandson came along has been the way in which Terry has taken to being a grandmother. S...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Two of my three college-educated daughters have gone back to school, and I love the reasons they're doing it

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  Elissa (left) and Melanie (right) both find themselves back in college. Chloe (middle) has a PhD and plans to go to medical school next ye...
Monday, September 29, 2025

I'm working on my ability to sit and do nothing while ignoring my phone

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When I was a kid, there were often long stretches of time when you had to sit and do nothing. Like if you were taking a test in school and f...
Monday, September 22, 2025

Three things I've learned from my daughter Melanie

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Mel and me a few years ago trying desperately to get a New York City subway pass vending machine to cooperate... My daughter Melanie, our fo...
Monday, September 15, 2025

The all-important issue of what you as a grandparent are going to be called

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Cal and me The most common question I received before and after my grandson Calvin was born three weeks ago was what exactly the little guy...