Sunday column

  • Now We Wait

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    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!

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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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