Category: The Softer Side

I would be lying if I said I was sorry that summer is over but I am! Now it would be a bigger lie if I said I was looking […]

It was now 1928; and our family had never all been away together. In fact, Dad had not been away from the ranch since he came there from St. Albans […]

Have just returned from working in the Courtesy Booth at the 56th Stowe Show and again was totally amazed by the dedication of all the workers involved. Thanks to huge […]

To be honest, my age never really mattered to me until last December when I received my Medicare card in the mail and I was informed that as of February […]

A friend told me about a man down in New Hampshire who could hypnotize you to quit smoking. I had been smoking for a few years and this seemed like […]

I tentatively decided not to go on about my hang up with the loss of adverbs these days, like I once went on about the lack of manual transmissions. This […]

On the 29th of April, Gary and I will have been married 41 years. We probably should have “big” plans to celebrate but have found that, like so many couples, […]

Here at Allenwood, where I now live, the majority of the residents eat dinner at night at tables of six. One night we were discussing dopey mistakes we had made […]

One of the many things I love about Vermont is the weather, yes, the weather. This is because if you wait a couple of minutes, weather you don’t like will […]

It seemed appropriate to give the “softer side” of our trip to China, observations I noticed, such as the flowers, which were every-where possible and all trimmed and lovingly cared […]