Last week, I turned 72 years old. To celebrate, my wife, Barbara, and our daughter Katrina took a four-mile bike ride from a park in Malta to nearby Ballston Spa (in upstate New York) where we ate a leisurely lunch before returning to the park. Then, we finished off our…

In 2021, Giannis Antetokounmpo, one of the best basketball players in the world, led his Milwaukee Bucks to the National Basketball Association Championship, their first championship in 50 years. During 2022 and 2023, however, the Bucks have been unable to repeat. …

Recently, my niece hosted a party to watch my cousin’s grandson play in the Men’s NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournament. I was unable to attend the party because I had previously signed up to attend a men’s retreat sponsored by our church. My wife, however, did attend the party and…

Do you give blood on a regular basis? If so, you know that the Red Cross will often reward you with a tee-shirt. Naturally, that tee-shirt is not just a plain tee-shirt with no words or logos. Instead, that promotional tee-shirt generally has the Red-Cross logo featured prominently with a…

The National Football League’s 2023 Super Bowl will be played on Sunday, and once again, the New York Jets did not qualify. In fact, the Jets failed to make the playoffs for the twelfth consecutive season, the longest current streak in the league. However, the Jets are in the limelight…

As part of my daily routine, I try to start the day by reading the Bible. I find that my days proceed more smoothly if I absorb God’s word and try to figure out what He would have me do on that day. By contrast, when I simply rush into…

Now that the United States men’s soccer team has been eliminated from the 2022 World Cup competition, I will probably go well into the new year before I watch soccer again. Yes, I will watch the United States women’s team compete in the World Cup next year in Australia and…

A while back, my dad was helping me install a 12-by-20-foot carpet in our living room. We had already installed the padding underneath the carpet, and we had the new rug pretty close to where we wanted it, but we were struggling to move it just a few more inches…

Do you ever sit in class and wonder why your teachers do certain things? Why, for example, do teachers make such a big deal about plagiarism — taking the words or ideas of another and using them as one’s own (“Plagiarism”)? Or, why do teachers ask you for handwritten writing…