‘Danger, Will Robinson!’: Dick Tufeld, voice of ‘Lost in Space’ robot, dies

Through the good graces of Turner Classic Movies and TiVo, I’ve been catching up on my Katharine Hepburn films. Today: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. It’s astonishing that I have never seen this movie  [more...]

As I sprayed the nest they’d been building under the eaves on the back of the house, the wasps started to get disoriented, then fell to the ground. They twitched and shuddered, and within a minute or two they were  [more...]

The news came to me this morning: my sister-in-law’s father passed away last night, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. It was difficult for him, for a long time, the illness impaired his ability  [more...]