On September 16, 2009 I wrote a post entitled, “The Lemonade Stand: I DID A BAD, BAD THING.” Within the post I listed of number of topics which I thought were worthy of concern and addressed each one to some extent. The response was terrific. I had a lot of fun creating the premise and the back and forth with readers. This morning while reading the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I came across an article by Gary Rotstein in his column The Morning File. The article was entitled, “Be the first to …

I guess we all have them, these recurring nightmares. The one I have most frequently is one in which I am back in college and late for one of my English Lit. classes in the ivy-covered building of Old Main. I can see the wide wooden steps which lead from the formal foyer in Old Main to my classes on the above floors. In the dream I am trodding up the creaking stairs as fast as I can, but no one else is around, so I’m convinced I’m late and feel panic-stricken. …

Sinatra sang, “Regrets, I’ve had a few but then again, too few to mention.” We all have regrets in our lives but sometimes there are smaller things to lament. They don’t rank as high up as the top rung, so I denote them as being third-tier laments. No, this is not my “Bucket List” because most of these items cannot be done or undone and to the best of my knowledge, I’m not dying yet. “Bring out ya dead!” That’s a line from some movie, but I have digressed.
I will list some of …