Retiring Guy

Tuesday night I prepared spaghetti and meatballs for supper. As I’ve done dozens of times, I used Romaine Stanton’s recipe for meatballs f...

During the month of December, on consecutive Mondays, the Oshkosh Public Library has been sponsoring a Marx Brothers film festival: Anima...

We have an infestation – although that’s probably overstating the actual conditions -- of little moths. About a month ago, we’d see these ...

The Mosaic Stained Glass Jesus, Part 2. On Wednesday, I received a phone call from the person who had previously complained to another sta...

Jerry Bancroft                Tim Albaugh I found three connections to the class of 1968 in recent issues of the Times-Observer . Tim Alb...

I got into an organizing mood on Saturday morning, starting out with Andy’s closet – or, the closet I share with Andy is the more accurate ...

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

After Alice, Larry, and Albert left at 8:30 on Friday morning, JoAnna and I spent most of the rest of the day staying put, for the most part...

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...

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...

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