New Year’s resolutions done right by Anita
The other morning, the “Today Show” was all talk about the New Year, claiming it was time to make New Year’s resolutions. Oh busboy, not again. New Year’s resolutions? The year goes so fast and resolutions fade even faster. Who can think of resolutions when the garage is full of boxes from Amazon.com that have to be broken down or when the refrigerator is full of leftovers and only the ghosts of the guests are left to eat them or when the Christmas tree needles are shedding all over the presents you have to return. Resolutions? Give me a break. “Now listen, Matt,” I responded to the television personality, “What’s this? Don’t eat. Clean your house. What fun is that?” Mr. Lauer broke to commercial. I continued, “I’m making positive resolutions this year. Things I want to do.” Right then, I got out my pad and paper and started, “This year I want to blankety-blank.” Not surprising, my fat brain kept filling up with food ideas.
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Hey, everybody, let me get the obvious out of the way and wish everybody a happy and healthy new year.
Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, I went to see a movie at a theater for the first time in about a year.
Bird is biggest up here
I have two large, rustic, hand-carved birds with yellow beaks.
They represent those big birds of the Adirondacks — the great blue herons.
New Year’s Eve is a time for responsibility
New Year’s Eve Parties have changed in the last years. We have become more responsible when we drink.
A large part of the sales and profits of many restaurants is the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Raj, Redford and ‘All the President’s Men’
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote to you guys about watching “70s Fever” on the History TV channel.
I said I was only 12 when the Watergate scandal broke and didn’t know much about it.
Coping with winter
Ah, winter, when the pure white snow covers the rolling hills, lawns and roadsides as well as hiding our accumulations of the summer.
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