Years and years and years ago (I figure I’m old enough to have an extra “years”)
BY SY ROSEN | February 1, 2025 at 9:07 p.m.

An Endurance Test

“Who gets married in early February?”

A Different Kind of Art in Home Country

"It's an art show," Steve said. "For anyone who wants to enter."

The Days of Innocence Are Gone

We sat in front of and watched Howdy Doody, J. P. Patches, The Lone Ranger, Stan Boreson and The Mickey Mouse Club

The Mother-In-Law and the Downhill Run 911

My son-in-law and I get along very well and have for over twenty years

The Next Stage of Our Lives

“Rose, Rose, did you hear about Robert?” Dawn asked with a gasp

The Really, Really Slow Jogger

If you eat exactly the same foods and do exactly the same activities, you’ll still gain one-and-a-half pounds every year

Dancing at the Northeast Improvement Club

I was 15. My older sister convinced Mom and Dad that, being a neighborhood place, I could go there with her and learn to dance

A Week Without Joy

“It’s not that I don’t want you to join me…” she began, “but don’t you think it would be good for our relationship to spend a little time apart?”

RESOLUTIONS: Thoughts on Finishing

Do you have a project looming over you that seems impossible to bring to closure?

Now and Then

She’s one of the few people in town who will tolerate old people and shut ins... she seems to relish it

QUITE A FRIGHT

...a strange looking creature darted into the room. It erratically zipped around my feet in a frenzied attack and retreat manner

The 12 Dogs of Christmas

This Christmas story begins on a cold October night many long years ago

Christmas Surprise: The Farmers’ Pounding Party

When Dad opened the door, a chorus boomed from a porch full of people. “Surprise! We’re giving your family a pounding party."

Our Christmas Stocking Tradition

My job of wrapping each piece with the waxed paper squares was always a cherished privilege