By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning, summertime will have become official with the end of the school year, the first music concert at the Rockwell Park amphitheater, a family birthday party and…

By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Father’s Day, of course, there will have been the inauguration of a new federal holiday, Juneteenth, a Parks and Rec fundraiser at the new…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning, the temperature will have moderated a bit, after a week with some cooler days toward the weekend. And it’s all fine, despite the rhododendron…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have had a second babysitting gig of grandbaby boy, so it looks like things are picking up now that we…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning, I will have tried to sleep in but will only succeed in sleeping a little more than usual because that is the way things…

By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, our little TBE group will have met, some in person and others over the phone, to discuss the week that passed and plan for…

By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will be glad because this has been one of those weeks—just happy to get through and happy for a new beginning, especially since,…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning all the plans for our socially distanced Easter celebration will have come to pass—sauces simmered, salad prepped, presents wrapped—and all that will be left…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning, the week will have flown by. That is not always the case. Some weeks never seem to end, so this makes me wonder why…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning, spring will have sprung and Day Light Savings time will be the new norm; it always takes a bit to adjust, and I have…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning, I will have been vaccinated, and Mary, too. We are both in the 55-65 age group: I am a teacher. She put her name…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning … I will have returned to the classroom after three weeks or so of quarantine and it was like the old saying, climbing back…

By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have spent every available moment listening to the second impeachment of the former president. (And of course, we all know the verdict.) It…

By David Fortier  Come Sunday morning, with the Super Bowl on the horizon one of the big issues that arose in family texts was whether to root for Tom Brady…

By David Fortier  First, some musing about the national scene.  Despite the constant reiteration from the national media, I don’t think we are as divided a country as reported. Get…