Retiring Guy

I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Ours was a brief but pleasant getaway. We spent Thursday and Friday in Two Rivers. We didn’t leave Mi...

Thanksgiving at Tom and Mim's in Beloit.  A major houseful, including Rachel, Ruth, Ruthie, Arland, Carole, Stephen, Christina, Joan,...

Andy made a special, not entirely unanticipated request early yesterday afternoon. “Do you think you could drive me back to Milwaukee to...

Without any prompting, Andy was up at 4 o’clock Friday morning. In fact, he was showered, dressed, and ready to leave the house by the time...

G & C. Merriam Co. 47 Federal Street Springfield, MA Friday was an extremely easy day at work. I spent most of the afternoon at the li...

On break from here, with not much to say. Visit Mrs. P[ eroksi ], spend most of the day at Barb [ Lucia ]'s.

JoAnna and I always give up our bedroom when her parents visit. With Uncle Albert assigned to Eddie’s room, and Eddie moved in with his br...

Except for the two years in California (1971) and Montana (1974) , I have always spent Thanksgiving with family or relatives. Barb and I ...

Thanksgiving was a pleasant holiday this year, no more no less. Gen fixed quite a spread for the main meal. Unlike the past few Thanksgiv...

Thursday morning I got up at 10. I got dressed and went downstairs. Mom, Dad, Gen [Mom's younger sister, from East Longmeadow, Massac...

We made near-record time completing the trip from Middleton to Warren: 11 hours and 15 minutes. Although we spotted numerous state police...

I called home at 3:15 to check in on Eddie. “Hello,” said Alice in her gravely voice, the residue of more than forty years of smoking ci...