Category Archives: Life As a Shared Adventure

August 29, 2026  

It’s not just millennials and social media. A lot of people ignore the news for their mental health. Things are really getting wild. August 29, 2026

Country legend Dolly Parton received a Buckingham Palace tribute after her death aged 80, with military guards performing a version of her hit single 9 To 5. Household Division officers performed the song on Wednesday morning, hours after the loss … Continue reading →

I would never hire him to do work for me. Do you watch YouTube videos much? I have been lately, often enough to actually pay to see them without ads. I hadn’t expected that to happen. August 27, 2026

From Angus yesterday: Sunrise. Two of the villages rather polite ( and usually apolitical ) seventy year olds are heading off in their little red Volvo. He a retired professor of economics, she a designer of fabrics for Harrods. They’ve … Continue reading →

In 1975, a movie filmed in Martha’s Vineyard made people afraid to go into the water. Today, a real animal in Martha’s Vineyard is making people afraid to go outside. “It’s gotten to the point now that grandparents are not … Continue reading →

Some dogs like to chase squirrels. But not all of them do. August 24, 2026

We were at Cornell University for about 8 1/2 years — over fifty years ago. And I still remember the dogs and the squirrels. The dogs were always hopeful, but the squirrels always won. They would often wait until the … Continue reading →

August 22, 2026

Cockroaches have reputaton for being resilient. They’ve been on earth about 320 million years, 100 million years before the dinosaurs. And they’ve survived multiple mass extinctions, including the one that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. It’s hard … Continue reading →