Occasionally we all need to recharge our proverbial batteries. As the husband of the mermaid, you probably think I have access to a continual font of battery renewal, and you wouldn’t be wrong about that. But I am talking now about a more mundane battery, the kind you...

Over the last 10 years, I have been trying to see as much of America as possible. I am not big into driving, so I haven’t done the cross-country drive thing, and never even did it in my youth. Never even drove to Florida, because driving to Brooklyn, frankly, wears me...

So, the mini-mermaid got me a birthday gift, and it was hard to schedule because we have busy lives, but we finally got a date and me and the mermaid and my mini-mermaid and her merman went out sailing with Sail Rockaway out of the 59th Street marina. Now, I have...

An epiphany is defined as a sudden moment of insight or realization – when something that was confusing or hidden suddenly becomes clear. I have a friend from my NYSE days who was a senior warden at a church on the Upper East Side. As I have reported here before, I...

Well, we haven't seen any lions, tigers, or bears. But what a wacky summer it's been! With some of the hottest temperatures on record and an inviting ocean to cool off in, suddenly it seems like sharks are everywhere. I love seeing the whales and dolphins, but haven't...

I’ve had a couple of thoughts rattling around the ol’ noggin recently and figured I’d share them. So here goes, first off, my oldest granddaughter is completing 4K at the District 27 Public School at St. Camillus this year. After two years at this school, I am...

The mermaid asked me to travel with her to Ireland for a retreat of sorts involving poetry, music, history, walking, and well, Ireland. She said she was going with or without me, but I didn’t need any incentive to go back to Ireland. I said yes immediately.

I got my flu shot this year like every other year. My father always got one, and my siblings and I always followed his lead. He made it to 93, so he must have been on to something. I read that this year’s vaccine wasn’t matched well to this…

We enter this world not so much by choice but by the grace of God and the love of our parents. We arrive with not many skills and need constant care and supervision. Our bedtime, our eating times, our nap times are all determined for us by our…

The Bible says there is a season to every time. The Byrds sang a song to it. Sometimes we recognize the changing of seasons, sometimes they slip by unnoticed. The autumnal equinox just passed last week, but it was hard to tell because it was…