October 27 2011
If at all possible, you’ve got to go see Million Dollar Quartet that’s playing at the Auditorium Theater. It’s such a feel good show. The singer/musician/actors who play Elvis and Johnny Cash are so good it’s spooky. With no intermission, it’s 2 hours of almost nonstop music. It’s the story of how Elvis, Cash, Carl Perkins […]
October 26 2011
Got up early to go to the gym to use the treadmill. What’s wrong with me? Day 298: 12,736 Steps YTD: 2,722,371 Steps Goal: 2,805,000 Steps
October 24 2011
I dug out my earmuffs and walked over to the doctor’s office this morning for my flu shot. How’s that for multi-tasking? I get a flu shot every year, but this year I was informed by my daughter that anyone without a flu shot will not be able to hold the baby. Here’s hoping for […]
October 24 2011
Do you believe in fortune cookie wisdom? I do now. We had Chinese tonight, and this was Gary’s fortune: We’re waiting… Our small gift can arrive any time now.
October 23 2011
October 22 2011
Still traveling New York… After he put up with my writers’ event in Gloversville, I had to throw Gary a bone, so we stopped at the Remington Arms Museum in Ilion. The museum is part of the actual gun factory, which is a huge brick building with barbed wire all the way around. It kind […]
October 22 2011
On the road to a book event in Gloversville. Gary and I decided to start a day early and overnight in Cooperstown. We had lunch at this gourmet spot on Rte. 20 near Cherry Valley. We passed on the buffalo burgers, but enjoyed a cheeseburger and soaked up the last of the October son at […]
October 22 2011
October 18 2011
We’re on the home stretch. Day 291: 11,595 Steps YTD: 2,662,993 Steps Goal: 2,739,000 Steps
October 18 2011
Today my steps took me back to my old neighborhood and St. John the Evangelist Church on Humboldt St. I have to admit that I don’t have very favorable memories of St. John’s from childhood. What I remember is being told over and over again by my Catholic friends that I wasn’t going to heaven […]