Sunday column
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Cherish Old Friends
Priscilla and I went out to dinner the other night with our good friends Steve and Sharon. We hadn’t done that in years. We got married 38 years ago. Steve and Sharon were married 28 years ago, the dates were about a week apart. Sharon was in our wedding party and Priscilla was in theirs.…
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Now We Wait
I think I told you before that my daughter Sarah and son-in-law Steven are expecting their first child this month. This will be our first grandchild so, yes, Priscilla and I are quite excited. I guess Sarah has had a good pregnancy, as smoothly as these things can be. The poor thing had morning sickness…
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Happy New Year! Really!
Happy New Year my friend! No I haven’t lost all track of time. Every year I feel this way after Labor Day because we are all back where we belong. School has returned and high school sports are back. I did my first football broadcast for this year on Friday night. I was in Barnstable…
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It Keeps Me Young
Someone asked recently why I still do high school sports. It’s a fair question since I’m not as young as I used to be, my children have all graduated and it’s a bit of a hike walking around some of these campuses. The short answer is the same thing I hear from some “veteran” coaches:…
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Watching The Kids Play
I had fun this weekend watching the Little League World Series on television. It brought back memories of when my boys played Little League. I remembered the Little League rules about pitch counts and making sure everybody got in a game. It was confusing to make sure your bench players got 1 at bat and…
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It Just Takes Confidence
I was talking with a friend the other day who was complimenting his wife’s cooking. He said if he was cooking he would have called for pizza and maybe picked up a few chicken nuggets. I used to be that way. My wife discovered, to her disbelief, that my mom had done everything for we…
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Those Fine Motor Skills
I tackled a new adventure yesterday. You might know that I took up cooking awhile ago and I expanded and tried more things to help with my occupational therapy as I recovered. Yesterday I tried my hand at baking cookies, something I had never really done before. I found a recipe that looked kind of…
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