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Had a dream last night…wait, come back. I’m not going to tell you about my dream, which was very lame. The point is, I was back in my old hometown of Madawaska, Maine. I lived there for the first six years of my life (10%). I obviously don’t remember a lot about the first 2-3 … Continue reading "All of Our Yesterdays"

New round of shoveling this morning. As usual, when we get a good amount of snow, Kate talks about moving south when we retire. I’m not sure that I want to exchange the occasional shoveling for hot misery in the summer that accompanies a move down south. I suppose that we could become snowbirds – … Continue reading "Snowbirds?"

Summer returned to New England yesterday to visit briefly and to remind everyone that it will return later this year. Temperatures were in the upper 60’s most of the day and the sun, the actual sun, was shining brightly. Kate and I went down to visit Owen, and we took him out in the stroller. … Continue reading "Grandchild mania"

Winter is here in New Hampshire. We got nailed with snow last week, and the city made a decision not to plow my road until late in the morning on Tuesday. Ruined my whole day, as not everyone gets the day before New Year’s off. C’mon Somersworth, do better than that. I live in a … Continue reading "Winter Daze"

I must say, overall 2019 was a good year for me: new knee with little complications, a new grandson who’s healthy, and family and friends doing well. There’s a lot to be thankful for. Let’s hope it continues in 2020. This week’s podcast is a year-end round-up of some of my favorite new music (with … Continue reading "Happy New Year"

Hope everyone has a great Christmas season. Today’s podcast isn’t Christmas-y (there’s still time, though), but great tunes abound, with XTC, Lizzo, Beck, AC Reed, Santana. Tinariwin, Squeeze, World Party, Prince, the Who, Bonnie Raitt, Mose Allison, and Sam Cooke. This podcast is, as always, available to stream or download at brennick.net. There should be … Continue reading "Merry Christmas"

Let’s see, anything happen in the last week? Nope…well, as many of you know, I became a grandfather this week. Owen Patrick Brennick was born on Tuesday, December 10 at 10:00 PM. He was 8 lbs, 2 oz, and 22 inches in length. He’s a happy, healthy little boy, and I can’t tell you how … Continue reading "Grandson"

Old man winter has moved back in, and we’ve been fairly pounded with snow. Am I the last old guy who’s ok with winter and snow? I was able to stay on top of shoveling and using the snowblower – the storms all took breaks so we could clean up. It might have been a … Continue reading "Winter"

Went back to work on Tuesday. Drove down to my son’s for Thanksgiving on Thursday. Thanksgiving with the family went well. I’m pretty much back to normal with my knee. Stairs are still a one step at a time thing, and I’m not quite ready for road races, but all has been good with my … Continue reading "Normal"

It’s Thanksgiving week. It’s happening very late this year. In fact, the 28th is the latest date possible for Thanksgiving. The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas shorter this year? That’s ok, Christmas has already started – that was November 1, the day after Halloween. There must be some way to delineate the seasons better – … Continue reading "Thanksgiving"