There is nothing better than sharing Thanksgiving stories this time of year! Holidays where you have a groundswell of family and friends can create some of the best, and most horrific, memories. I have a couple of examples of each kind from my past recounted below. The first chronicles the relationship of man and beast; the second proves that turkeys… Read more »
That title is an actual statement by my parents in our kitchen the night before the 1968 elections when I was probably 10 years old. Some of you may remember that election; Nixon vs. Humphrey (who was Johnson’s VP) and Nixon ended up winning. When you’re 10 years old those kinds of statements scare the hell out of… Read more »
If Hurricane Sandy didn’t provide enough of a whirlwind to our home and property recently; we had the pleasure of dog sitting this past weekend to remind us that the Tasmanian Devils are alive and well! Dog sitting is probably the one job in life I’m really qualified to hold since during my childhood growing up in a somewhat… Read more »
Those who have spent any time with our family are well aware of our serial love of baseball, with exception of our daughter the hockey nut (for another blog post). Yes, we’ll watch games every night if we have to, and believe me, we have to. Even while watching other network shows, there’s a constant flipping back to the game… Read more »
Yeah, these are the Dog Days of August alright. TS (which I think means Tiny Schnauzer) Eliot had it all wrong – August is the cruelest month, not April. Lots going on in my life…well my master’s life, in the month of August. If you’ve read my bio (Who’s Hudson?), you’ll know that I’m the four-legged person that holds together… Read more »
It’s that exciting time of the year when the new television shows launch in September! For geriatrics like me who remember the old print version of TV Guide, you’ll recall we looked forward to late August when their big Season Preview Issue came out. The Season Preview carried detailed descriptions of each new series on the networks, and most of… Read more »
Damn. Blew it. Opportunity Lost. An English major who finally had a real chance to create something which could have established his eternal wealth. I’m pretty sure this book concept would have broken all summer reading records – it was going to be called Fifty Shades of Greene. Yeah, yeah, I know – somebody stole the idea already. There’s some… Read more »
This Dan Aykroyd inspired title sums up my challenging relationship with Jane the lovely voice which “wears the pants” for my TomTom GPS navigational system. Our relationship started as many do; two people from different walks of life taking a chance on pairing-up based on mutual trust. It was by no means an impulsive decision, as I literally picked her… Read more »
The old saying is still true; the way to most anybody’s heart is through their stomachs. People everywhere find ways to connect and communicate over meals whether it’s dining out, cooking in or taking out. Of all the five primary senses we know that Taste is key…no, I’m not talking about the kind of taste which might cause someone to… Read more »
Addiction: “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.” I’m scared. Really. We’re half way through the Olympics, and I’m already in fear that the above-mentioned trauma has hit our family. It started slowly like most addictions…. Read more »