Birthdays – for me these days – serve no benefit other than reminding one how fast those Lifetime Milestones are flying by. This one had the added attraction of officially designating Yours Truly as soon to be in need of advanced medical treatments.

65 … The Medicare Year … YEA! Could it get any worse? Of course it could …

I spent the morning at the DMV (PENNDOT Division)!

Hello Blogging, my old friend …

Every year at this time I have to consider the prospect of letting go of Cranky Man’s Lawn. Been a long time, and my attention span for fascination and obsession usually runs 10 years max.

We started our journey here in 2011. (That weirds me out.) And lately, every February I have to convince myself that hanging around would be good. For me at least … With a micro-blog you are – more often than not – talking to yourself.

This year I really thought this was it. CML had run its course. What more could come of this? Let’s just end it.

And then last week – true story – I get two comments from a woman, whose father used to own a bar/restaurant in our old neighborhood (Frankie Masters Tavern), about a blog post I had written that very first year. Without revealing details, she appreciated the chance to reminisce about her parents through a very brief memory I shared.

Then her brother chimed in. It meant a lot to them and to me. How can you throw that away?

Having My Cake and Eating It

Weight-conscious, healthy people and cake haters are no fun with which to celebrate birthdays. No one wants to eat my chocolate-frosted cake Carol so meticulous prepared.

Not even Carol …

Fine … I’ll eat the whole thing myself!