Earlier this week, I celebrated twenty seven years since I stopped drinking alcohol. It seems that most of us who have quit drinking can tell you the day and year that this momentous occasion occurred - and so can I ...
We all know about the coronavirus and things aren't getting any better yet. But I have been impressed with the news coverage and the various governors, as well as the president and vice president, who have given us daily updates ...
Dana (yes, her real name) came out of the kitchen in her diner on Tuesday evening and announced that she would be closing the restaurant at 8:00 p.m. That in itself is not any different from any other night at ...
Fear of the coronavirus continues to dominate our headlines more than ever. Each day, more restrictions are enacted that will, hopefully, retard the spread of the illness and health officials think that by reducing the size of groups that meet ...
The stock market has been brutal. Today was another horrendous day of losses and people are scared... not only of the stock market, but what is happening in the world at large. So far today, I have received notices from ...
Janet and I were discussing the spelling of words this afternoon and we happened to start talking about the difference between walking in the "desert" and wanting "dessert". My mind wandered back to my childhood when one of my early ...
As many of you already know, my brother, Doug, and I had a rather sad week-end as we said good-bye to our youngest brother, Ken. Several weeks ago, Ken suffered a cardiac event coupled with several other health issues that ...
Normally, you have come to expect an upbeat post to arrive in your mailbox as you live life with the Toussaint family. But the truth of the matter is that I really don't feel like writing this evening. That's because Doug ...
Well, here we are. It seems like just yesterday that we were celebrating Christmas and then the twelve days of Christmas that I wrote about in early January. Then, Epiphany, the celebration and remembrance of the arrival of the wise ...
Forty years ago yesterday, the US Olympic Hockey team defeated the 4-time defending Olympic champions, the team from the USSR. This allowed the US to advance to the finals and two days later, the US beat the team from Finland ...