Chris, My son 23, bought me your book when I turned 60 this year, I was struggling because I had acquired a new super power: invisibility. He told me I wasn’t aging, I was decaying-that scared the hell out...
By Bike Through Gettysburg
This odd picture is me, standing by a monument to Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, the Maine college professor who fought like a tiger on Little Round Top to prevent the confederates from turning the end of the Union line. (Read Killer...
Fancy Nights In The Texas Hill Country
Hilly had a classmate who turned 60 in the pretty town of Wimberly in the beautiful Texas Hill country. Great Texas weekend with a ’70’s theme, an Elvis Impersonator and food of the region. The guy in red is...
NEW ORCA FROM UTE CITY CYCLES
My beloved, old Orca was smashed to pieces when that #%^^&**! texting or whatever driver smacked into me in July on a clear street in downtown Salisbury Ct. I was back on my pins in a few days, but...
Boomer Nights in Texas
In AUSTIN (actually Wimberly) for 60th birthday of high school pal of Hilary. SO pretty down here in the Hill Country. And a sweet event, complete with local grub, an Elvis impersonator (surprisingly good) and ferocious dancing. My people,...
To A Good Stepfather
Dear X, Your stepson just wrote to say you had had a minor stroke and he thought you might be ready to take a peek at something like the enclosed book, Younger Next Year. It’s presumptuous of him and...