I can’t believe that I’m about to type this to you — but here it is Sunday night and I’ve got nothing to write about.

I’ve decided I want to be a dog.

A few weeks back, I took a day off and Mackensie and I headed out for a beach day — just the two of us. It seems funny to even type to you “just the two of us," because, let’s face it, today when you head anywhere, even for a day off or a complete vacation week, most of us remain connected t…

We all have our little things — habits, passions, rituals.

Since retiring from teaching Hampstead sixth-graders almost two years ago, I’ve visited the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. I’ve stared into the abyss, and was thrilled to do so, when my wife, Betty, and I stopped at the Grand Canyon on our way back from Arizona, the land of cacti, palm tree…

Last week our story ended with me giving you a heads up that this week we would be talking about something I knew very little about — cybersecurity. I just feel it so important for me to share with you the things that we can’t see, that are out there on a cloud somewhere, but yet things that…

Most of this week, I attended what is called a Primex Risk Management Summit.

Utah rocks!

This week I want to tell you about so many great people and places but I don’t know how to “sew” it all together. I guess you could say I’m also not sure if I should work from the back to the beginning or from the beginning to the last thing that just happened.

A couple weeks back we headed to the town of River Vale, New Jersey, where John grew up to celebrate his friend Lou’s mom's 90th birthday. We also stopped in to visit John’s Aunt Kay who is in rehab doing great at the age of 95. If you met both of these beautiful women you would have guessed…

The world really does keep getting smaller and smaller the older I get. I bet many of you find that, too. Well wait until I tell you this next story. I know you will be surprised too!

I didn’t have a chance to tell you, but on a bit of a whim, John and I decided to head to Canada this weekend to see my Canadian family — my favorite aunts, who are 84 and 75, my cousin Cathy, and our newest member to our small family Julia, who just turned 4 months old. The beautiful cycle …

I remember the excitement of receiving my first job offer to teach. It was about 28 years ago. I remember the interview — two guys talking education, my hopes and dreams for my new career, and then finally, when this young principal said he knew I was the perfect man for the job.

I have always been one of those people, maybe you are too, who loves the idea of picking out cards for special people or people that just need a little TLC, but so often, too often, I never find time to send them.

Well I should have known better and yes, my 1,000-piece New Hampshire state puzzle still has only 999 pieces!

It seems everything I am doing is coming up just a little short.

I deposited a check the 21st-century way the other day — on my phone. The first thing I thought of, after the initial sense of shock and awe abated, was “The Jetsons,” that early ‘60s cartoon series that depicted life far into the future.

This week seemed to have an underlying theme of "It was right under my nose all along."

There is an old Burl Ives Christmas song called "Silver and Gold" and there is also a Girl Scout song called "Silver and Gold," too. Both songs are about wonderful people that have been with us for years and also new people who are just entering our lives now.

“Sometimes You Just Gotta Help”

I have this theory that maybe once every three years or so, everything goes right or at least pretty smoothly.

I have mentioned here and there in our stories that my precious Town Hall office got a face lift over the past month. Remember, it was beautiful the way it was, just a little small. If you were trying to sit and discuss something and your chair wasn't in exactly the right spot and you might …

Well here it is — 5:30 a.m. on Saturday of our long weekend. Early mornings are not for everyone I know, but I’m grateful that they are for me. 

It was a Monday morning, my 17th birthday. 

My big plan this week was to tell you all about a “bummer” situation I went through last Friday, but once again suddenly that changed.