In fact I was 500 over. Every day Vicky beats me.  In fact, she beats me by huge margins, often 2000 or more steps. We get little credit...

Since we got our table last July we have played almost every day we have been home, 30 minutes a day.   We don't keep score, but we have...

When I think about High School Reunions, the old Statler Brothers song comes to mind: And the class of '57 had its dreams Oh, we all ...

We can't do it.  We find it almost impossible to get to 10,000. Today, for example, we did some HARD yard work.  Our grass is very lo...

We read somewhere about FitBit, and thought that sounded interesting.  A way of measuring your steps for a day.  Our goals had been focused...

Before kitchens had built in cabinets, pieces of furniture were used to store food, utensils, and cooking supplies. One of the most commo...

Of being in the first graduating class of police officers that included women. There were four other women in this class, out of 2200 app...

I no longer climb onto roofs.  I did this regularly as a younger man.  I felt confident, and was careful. But now I feel age creeping up ...

This makes the third time in 2 1/2 weeks.  Wind blew and blew.  Before the storm we had picked up several wheel barrow loads of branches in...

Speaking of 5, today is our fifth anniversary of when we met at a dance.  We are taking the day off to celebrate (whatever "t...

Like this is news. We are scrambling to find flashlights and water.  I have a backup battery for the router, but it is fading fast.  Maybe...

The long slog home.  By now we know the route by heart, and actually have some hard-to-explain affection for it.  Here is a "numbers...

Joshua Tree National Park is having a promotion of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park System.  If you hike 100 miles in 2016 you get...

This is a hike described in Patty Furbish's excellent book On Foot in Joshua Tree National Park. However, she describes taking the hike ...