Tales from the Middle Ages
My 40th high school reunion was a hoot
I’m glad I went to my 40th high school reunion last weekend. The weekend kicked off Saturday morning with pleasurable round of golf with seven high school buddies. It ended Sunday with a clambake, during which I grabbed a guitar and teamed up with three other...
Are high school reunions worth attending?
Should I stay home or should I go to my high school reunion? For some it’s a certainty. You go and reconnect with old friends with whom you shared unique and often life-changing experiences. For others, high school and the teenage years were filled with nothing but...
This empty nester constantly worries about his grown children
My wife says if I had nothing to angst about I’d make something up.At the top of my worry list is how my grown children are doing.One thing I’ve discovered being a middle-aged father: Sometimes it’s hard to let go. My daughter Katie, 25, is in Seattle working for a...
The ‘boogieman’ of middle age guys
What’s the greatest fear of your average middle age guy?Is it getting into a traffic accident and becoming paralyzed for life from your neck down? Is it losing your wife and all your children in a house fire? Or is it an aggressive cancer unexpectedly striking you...
Disconnecting completely from work while on vacation
For the record, I’m writing this column on the first day back from a week-long vacation. I went on a camping trip with my wife and another couple on a lake in the Adirondacks. During that time, I didn’t turn on a computer or check (or respond to) to any emails. In...
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