A few days ago my dad and I went out to dinner while my mom went to a meeting of her book club.  Dad suggested a place I hadn’t been before.  They have a very short regular menu, just a single piece of paper folded in half to give it styl...

The day after Christmas my mom, aunt and I dropped one of my uncles off at the airport.  It was sad to see the gathering of relatives begin to thin out so soon, but in the meantime I still had my two teenage cousins and my other uncle and aunt t...

Mom and I were out shopping a few days ago when we stopped for lunch.  As we’d been driving around in the car we talked about things we missed from having Christmas up north.  One of the big ones was snow.   In reality snow i...