In the bleak mid-winter cold
It was a strange week. Sunday was deceptively calm. Old movies (including one with a hilarious supporting role played by my spiritual godmother Eve Arden), watching the football playoffs and…
That was the year
As I began writing this, the last hours of 2024 were ticking away. I'm facing the weird feeling I always get when a year ends and a new one begins.…
A fenced-in hallowed ground
Yesterday was Thanksgiving and we went over to be with the family. On the whole, it was a pleasant get-together. The food was good (and plentiful) and the antics around…
The Fifth Column of Decency: Life, Sept. 23, 1957
One of my favorite pastimes on a lazy afternoon is to leaf through old magazines in various online archives. The big Life magazine archive is a particular joy to me,…
A day with the Big Ship
I didn't have "weekend trip to Philadelphia" on my bingo card back in July. But life happened, as it will. The ocean liner United States has been a long-standing fascination…