By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, our UConn Huskies and Donovan Clingan are on their way to the NCAA National Men’s basketball championship game on Monday night. (It airs at…
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By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Ramadan will have begun, that was on Wednesday, March 22, and ends with Eid al-Fitr, a major holiday in the Muslim tradition on April 20….
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will be settling in after a field trip to New York City, three days at Columbia University with a group of high school…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, clocks will have been turned ahead an hour, possibly for the last time, but only if Congress acts. Eliminating the time changes was on…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have been making plans for a grandchild’s birthday party later in the day. It’s one of those fun times, something…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, there will not be any snow in the forecast. For February snow is pretty much a given. So, what is happening? I don’t have…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, it will be time to trim my beard. Over the past month, I have let it go pretty much. So, it’s time. Other than…
By Jack Krampitz Joe Kapacziewski died last week on Jan. 23 at his home in Texas. He was 40-years old. I suppose we could leave it at that because that…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have had another babysitting gig, this time with two of the three grandkids—one three-year-old and one one-year-old. Thier mom had a…
Friday is the single greatest threat to Thursday. Alas, to the victors go the spoils, Friday begins. Weather Partly cloudy and 40, your cheese quesadillas is ready. The logic of…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, exam week will be winding down at school—the week started with the local NAACP scholarship breakfast on a holiday, so exam week began Tuesday…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, there will be crepes for breakfast and, later in the morning, TBE will meet for our weekly gathering where we will review the week…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, inauguration day at the state capitol will have come and gone. Since Mary was taking her oath as a new member of the state…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, come New Year, we will have celebrated the third birthday of baby girl grandchild, a New Year’s Eve baby. It will be a small…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, somehow the presents will all have been wrapped and found their way under the tree—a miracle since I will not have wrapped one item….
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the white pine (concolor if you recall from last week’s column) has been decorated with lights but not ornaments just quite yet and stands…
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the rain and wind will have gone and sometime this afternoon Mary and I will head out to get our Christmas tree. This is the…
I am sure all of you have favorite Christmas songs on your playlist, but my purpose here today is discussing–not a favorite–but possibly the dumbest holiday song of all time….
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will be heading to church for the first Sunday in Advent. Thanksgiving is behind us and Christmas and New Year’s ahead….
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the family is planning an outing to Tonn’s Marketplace where Smetana, the food truck featuring Eastern European fare run by Bristolite Nick Valenta, will…