by svsauthor | Jan 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
My outdoor pursuits definitely take a hit come winter. I still go for daily walks, although the last few days have been so cold my dog won’t go with me. There finally is enough ice on the river for me to go ice fishing, but I now need the weather to warm up to about...
by svsauthor | Jan 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Clare, my mom, my brother-in-law Paul, and I spent Christmas afternoon at a Green Bay Packer football game. I’ve been to several preseason games over the years, but I can’t remember if I’ve ever been to one during the regular season. It was...
by svsauthor | Dec 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the first time since moving back to the United States from Taiwan in the early 90s, I didn’t put up a Christmas tree. Two factors entered into this decision. One, Manyu is somewhat indifferent to the holiday. I have Christmas, she has Chinese New Year, and neither...
by svsauthor | Dec 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week Manyu did something that makes no sense to me. Usually I attribute our differences to cultural distinctions. She is Taiwanese and I am American. This action had nothing to do with heritage, but everything to do with gender. She did something I suspect few...
by svsauthor | Dec 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
In August I wrote a blog about spending part of many mornings this summer talking with two of my neighbors. Charlie lives next door, and Franz lived one door over. When Charlie saw Manyu and me leave our house to walk Jack, he came out of his house with a walker and...
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