Around the Square

Butch Furse

Butch Furse

Older generation gets steps in by backtracking

We’ve been told by health authorities that as we get older we don’t walk as much as when we were younger. As we’ve gotten older and observing our current walking habits I think some those health experts’ observations of seniors are wrong.
Butch Furse

Butch Furse

Holiday shines early in light of COVID angst

Don’t ever say, “Not in our household!” For over 60 years I stood firm on no Christmas decorations or Christmas lights will be displayed in our home until after the Thanksgiving Day celebration has been concluded. The past few years the Betterhalf has been fudging a little bit.
Butch Furse

Butch Furse

Leafless trees grow more attractive with (our) age

  “Driven . . . like leaves before an autumn wind.” That statement by writer/poet Robert Southey was made sometime between 1813-1843. Unfortunately, at the time of my reading a couple centuries later, it didn’t carry the romanticism the Englishman had wished to convey a couple of centuries earlier.
Butch Furse

Butch Furse

‘I wish I was a kid again’ becoming a popular refrain

Recently heard an example of “Safety First” and why we love children. Here’s a report of a summer evening happening while a parent was driving with her three young children when a woman in a convertible ahead of the family stood up and waved. She was stark naked!