Summer has come and gone as well as most of fall. We might just as well say that winter is here even though it is officially three weeks away. Turkey day is almost upon us. If you are like me then the holidays can be challenging. …
Control issues are the thing that can make or break a relationship. Any kind of a relationship including parent/child, boss/employee, friends and romantic. (Yes, I know that is not a sentence!) Here are the three basic control struggles in romantic relationships: Money Sex Children We all…
None of us like to be corrected. We do not want to hear that we are wrong, misguided or misinformed. We all have egos to some degree or another. Some of us are not all that sensitive and some of us are extremely sensitive. Regardless of…
It is unofficially official. We have a new month, Novembruary. Novembruary occurs when you get winter like weather in November that would be more normal for the months of January or February. I am referring to things like daily high temperatures of 25 degrees, snow storms…
Sometimes things that are different or unique appeal to me. Put that together with being a little bit of a collector and a mild case of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) and I am likely to collect almost anything. Lately I have been presented with my newest…
After many years of cycling I had fallen into a very bad pattern. I would lose weight in the summer when I was riding a lot and gain weight in the winter. Not just a little bit of weight either but more like ten to fifteen…
I have never been much of a joiner. You might even say that I am a bit of a loner, a rebel and at times purposefully do not like to run with the crowd. If everyone is going one way I will go the other. Adhering…
First off, no I do not get paid for writing about Wegmans or anything or anyone else for that matter. So this may sound like a plug or some kind of free advertising for them but trust me it is not. I do not think they…
There is a little trail that is less than a quarter of a mile from my house. The Charlie Major Nature Trail is only three-quarters of a mile long and runs along Skaneateles Creek on the old railroad bed. It is a historic place with the…
The science of an old herbal remedy. The cold and flu season is upon us. Since colds and the flu are caused by viruses there is nothing that antibiotics can do to help so we are pretty much depending on our immune systems as our only…