I am, by nature, a goal-driven person. Perhaps it was the topic of my dissertation and the extensive literature search and subsequent...

Fast train from Madrid to Valencia on Saturday 26 November, visited the old market, the city centre, and the glorious beach. The beach...

Trying my hand at some more extensive, creative materials for the staid annual missive.

From the hotel deck to our apartment on Calle del Acuerdo at night.

Even as Covid lingers in the White House, there are few visual signs of the pandemic in northeast Wisconsin. Look hard and you will find...

First trip was in 1964; last trip to Florence was about 1990. Time to consider going back, with perhaps a day trip to Rome -- 1.5 hours...

Family ancestry week end in Franklin, meeting second cousins, traveling the backwater of western Pennsylvania, and learning that my...

Flying to Cleveland Friday to drive to Franklin with Al, to join up with six brothers and sisters for a bit of a drive down memory lane...

Flying to Scotland tomorrow, staying in a flat in St Patrick Square in Edinburgh, two nights in Mallaig for a day trip to Skye. I visited...

The surge in births to single women may be the single largest socioeconomic disaster in the past eighty years. COMMENTARY BY Terence...

Great way to escape the frigid few days of late fall in Wisconsin, and to drink a little wine.

Time to trot out the annual missive on family comings & goings. Bought 100 stamps today! Our year would not be complete without a family...

Peter and Dena flew in from Appleton, arriving Monday morning. Jane met us later that day. Gaby arrived from New York on Wednesday, the...

The day after Thanksgiving, Malasana and Universidad districts, Madrid.

Gaby ran today's NYC marathon in 3:36, running with Theo Bartlett. The clock, 4:12:09 does not represent Gaby's starting time; 3:36:48...

Sunday 6 November, expect her to hit starting line at 9:45 EST with about forty of her Dirty Bird pals.

Fewer getting married, and when they do, they marry later. If you want to understand mental health and Millennial angst, you need to...

Bottom line: Splendid family visit, fourth since first family visit in November 2013, when Jane was considering attending University of...

We finished this year for the family the same way as last year, finishing a 1000-piece puzzle. Before the new year we will be sending...

Five days of finding New York to still be the crazy, expensive, diverse economy and life, sometimes feeling exactly like fifty years ago...