Here’s a fascinating puzzle. I get the bare bones of it. My grandfather was the village doctor in Ireland from the 1930s to about…
Best Motoring Jokes, and a house in the country
My grandparents lived in a big house in the village of Louth, seven miles south of Dundalk and just a few more miles south…
The Other Wise Man
When we were kids, my father used to read us A Christmas Carol aloud, a stave each night, while my mother baked Christmas cookies…
Ed the light bulb
Every family has their little holiday traditions. We certainly had plenty–Dad would read A Christmas Carol aloud to us kids, as a result of…
Betty Crocker’s New Boys and Girls Cook Book (annotated edition)
I got this book as a birthday present when I was 7 or 8 from my good friend Steve Stasheff (I suspect his mother…
Doctor’s Orders
My aunt sent me this picture from Ireland last week, along with a note saying that it hung for years in the dispensary (doctor’s…