by Ken | Nov 8, 2024 | Business & Work, Chronicles, Family & Personal, Parkview, Politics, Economy, Science
My health is fine in spite of scares. I always feel I’ve been blessed with a modicum of stability in my genes, as much as I’m not without ageing. Mer had a scare (or two) but will not need a pacemaker, and meds seem to be doing their thing. It’s...
by Ken | Jun 28, 2024 | Everyday Life, Family & Personal
Went to Grand Lodge this year, if only to babysit Marry’s cousin who was Worshipful Master of my mother Lodge. He hadn’t visited Manhattan before and I was glad to play your guide; he was grateful I handled all the arrangements. We parked the car in...
by Ken | Mar 16, 2024 | Chronicles, Parkview
Across the street from us is Linda, our cat-lady neighbor, and next to her is an empty lot where an abandoned house was torn down some years ago. The deer like to hang out there, mostly ignoring those who walk by. On the other side of the lot is (was) a house with...
by Ken | Feb 26, 2024 | Everyday Life, Family & Personal
Starting late last year, Hazel Nut has had much trouble keeping food and water down, to the point of losing weight and dehydration. Possibly being connected to the neurological issue that baffled the vets a while back, she now has megaesophagus and the only thing that...
by Ken | Aug 4, 2023 | Family & Personal
While finally tending to the ancestral graves in Dunkirk this year, there was a seagull’s feather on that of my Grandparents on my Mother’s side. This has always been a sort of symbol or sign for me, but this is the only one I’ve ever seen that was...