Remembering Veronique Bowers
Some called her “Ronnie”; some called her “Bonnie”. All her friends and relatives say she loved life, and the finer things in life. She left early on September 11, 2001 because she had a meeting before work, at Windows On The World.Making small talk with her grandmother that morning, she asked if it was bad luck to wear white shoes after Labor Day. I’ve often thought what a tragic thing it

Remembering Derek James Statkevicus
Project 2,996 gave me his name to bring before my readers on this eighth anniversary of the tragedy that happened on September 11, 2001. I’m glad to be able to share a few things I’ve learned about him from the Internet. Derek left behind his wife, Kimberly, a son, Tyler, who was a year old when he lost his father, and a then-unborn son due the following January. He lived in Norwalk,

Remembering Christopher Sullivan
Chris Sullivan sounds like an ordinary, very contented man. He married his high-school sweetheart, and they had two sons: Sean, aged six back in 2001, when September 11 rolled around, and Brian, aged four at the time. Lieutenant Sullivan, 39, was a firefighter at Ladder 11 and Engine 214 in Brooklyn. A big man at 6-foot-4 and 235 pounds, Sullivan wore a flat-top haircut and carried a muscular

countdown to Thanksgiving dinner
The noodles are drying on the table. If I were serving nothing else but noodles and mashed potatoes, followed by dessert, the family would be happy. I sometimes wonder why I bother to make anything else.The Oreo Delight is in the refrigerator. Now that the holiday season is upon us, I get at least two Google searches per day leading people to my Oreo Delight recipe. The first time I made it

What do you think?
When we were leaving Scott's Bargain Barn yesterday, Cliff told me about an item he really wanted, but the price was unacceptable to him: 5/16- (or possibly 3/8-) sized star washers for six cents each. He says they should be sold by the pound, not so much per piece."Where else can you buy them?" I asked."I haven't been able to find them anywhere else.""So, how many of them could you use?" I