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I am recently back and mostly recovered from a trip to Portugal. As with our ...

Dave and I made a trip up to New Jersey to see Meagan, Chris, Caleb, ...

I had this memory pop up on my Facebook feed recently: On my way out ...

My quest to organize and declutter the cellar continues. If you recall, I talked about ...

Close to 15 years ago, I sent Dave off with the three girls just to ...

Back in December of 2015, I shared a wish list Meagan had written when she ...

This is my first travel post since Italy. As with that trip, the itinerary for ...

Way back in 1980, a young student from Northeastern University joined The MITRE Corporation as ...

We are a sprawling family. There are over 40 of us, and, over the years, ...

February 25, 2021 Dear Caleb, I haven’t met you yet, but, as the saying goes, ...

I guess we can all say that about our summers this year. Here's a summary ...

Readers of this blog know that, from time to time, I cover significant events in ...

Please welcome Evelyn to town. May her home be as perfect for her and her ...

Well, we finally did it. Bought a new place. I think I'm going to like ...

When Meagan was little, her favorite movie was The Lion King. Simba and Nala were ...

Our day in Amalfi was here! The day we were most looking forward to. A ...

We took a family trip to Rome Italy to visit Nicole who is spending the ...

I want to scream. And screaming into a mostly empty, cavernous house won't necessarily make ...

I took a little break from politics last week. Not a complete break mind you ...

Guess who spoke at Wellesley's commencement this year? Hillary! And guess who listened to every ...

I came to two realizations last week: My daughters - no matter how nasty they ...

I know some of you do not like Hillary. I know some of you support ...

A large portion of the Excellente crew got together in North Carolina this past weekend ...

My friend Susan was at it again. Monday night, at 11 pm, we were exchanging ...

Phil was moved to a rehab facility Thursday, and things continue to look up. Over ...

She is a high school graduate. There were times we weren't quite sure that was ...

Two weeks and a day. That's how long Phil has been in the hospital. The ...

There's been a bit of dark humor around these parts lately. Phil keeps on saying ...

To be perfectly honest, I never thought Heather and her team would make it to the ...

Dave and I have watched the girls play basketball for the past 15 years or ...

I submitted this earlier in the week on Medium to some sort of meme challenge (don't ask me ...

Saturday  was Senior Night for the high school soccer team. Well, technically it was Senior Morning ...

We are almost ten months into the year, and I'm finally going to make good ...

There is a house behind our yard through the woods. We can't see them, but ...

Weddings one and two are over. So are vacations one and two. Home repairs have ...

A bunch of us stuck around the Lake the week after the wedding for a ...

They were going for casual. They wanted it to be a simple party. But what my ...

I ran up to the Lake to spend a quick day with Heather and my ...

In our family, if we want something (anything) done, we give Uncle Donald a call ...

After my last post, some of you may be thinking, "Uh oh, there's trouble in ...

When the kids were in elementary school, they learned about and built models of simple ...

My father died September 29, 1982 - the day after my youngest sister, Joanne, turned ...

I traveled with my niece Lexi and my nephew's brother Ben (I'll let you figure ...

Another emotional event in the month of May. This time Heather's graduation. First, a little ...

74 years this Sunday. That's how long my grandparents have been married. They have 5 ...

It's now official. My daughter is smarter than me. She received her masters this past ...

Back from Florida again. You might be asking "How can she possibly complain about her ...

A few weeks ago, my daughter had a friend over for dinner, and we were ...