Month: April 2018

It started out innocently enough.  A suggestion that, having had lunch out, rather than doing take-out, we’d just have a light snack.  “How about tuna sandwiches?  Fine, we have tuna. Open-faced patty melt?  No, I prefer grilled.  OK, then.” And thus it began – our “evening of discontent.” Continue reading “The Sandwich Diaries”

OK – I’m looking out the window and snow is again falling from the sky.  We’re getting on to late April, and apparently Global Warming is not fully doing its job. Last weekend, we endured freezing rain and lots of it – I considered leasing one of those big Duck Boats that conveniently come up behind you and quack loudly in city traffic.  The floodwaters had subsided after a few days, so I thought – “I’ll bring out the deck furniture”.  That would create the illusion of some open space in the basement, but no . . .  . . . Continue reading “It’s Snowing Again!”

This blog, really a primitive sort of homage is dedicated to my brother, long a devotee of plaid flannel for most any purpose but in particular shirts.  I have come more recently to the flannel shirt, having bought one on sale at a local discount store, and now I can’t help myself.  I went into a retailer a couple of weeks ago to get a new belt and found another flannel, my fifth in as many months.  On sale for $5.50 – can you believe it?  Well, actually most of us can because it’s the end of the season in New England.  Continue reading “The Flannel Revolution”

So, what is the deal lately with all the commercials for medications? They hit the airwaves like hailstones in a storm.  They’re four page centerfolds in every magazine.  Ads for medical treatments.  The pharmaceutical industry isn’t making enough money, they now need to hit us with each new product that will repair every organ of the body?  Are people now able to storm into their doctor’s office and say, “Put me on this – I saw it on tv, and the results are amazing. If I do have suicidal thoughts or a two-week erection, my attorney will be in touch.”   Continue reading ““Just Ask Your Doctor” – Medical Commercials”