Pennsylvanians vote in the presidential primary tomorrow and the real winner is clear — Rocky Balboa. Neither candidate ran the Rocky Steps (this disappoints me!), but the Rocky theme has been ubiquitous the last six weeks. Hillary ended her closing rally tonight at Penn’s fabled Palestra with the Rocky Theme song, and that was followed [...]

Here is the cake Maureen baked for Karen Marshall’s 50th birthday! 
 

Tim and I had a big night at the Phillies, watching them go scoreless for the first eight innings, but score four in the bottom of the ninth to win, 4-3. Can’t beat nights like this. Here is a little self portrait from our seats behind the home  dugout. And then below that is Utley at [...]

Check out my story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. These old guys can play. Forever young, I’d say.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/17728349.html
 
 

 I went down to visit my mother on my birthday, 4/11, and we went to the Memorial Grove at the Fairfax Unitarian Church, where my dad’s ashes are buried. Mom wanted to see the Virginia bluebells, which she planted there, and which are only in bloom for about a week in early spring. We timed [...]

Check out my story that ran in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, about 83-year-old microbiology professor Helen C. Davies at the University of Pennsylvania medical school. Here’s the link:
 http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080413_At_83__she_has_a_spirit_that_s_infectious.html
A few comments I got from readers today:
 ”Thank you for such a well written and inspirational article.  You did a wonderful job capturing the essence of Mrs. Davies and reading [...]

 
 
 This is a photo from last weekend when Craig Stock and I flew in his plane to Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, to visit my daughter Sally. To say I was scared is an understatement. Craig is a masterful pilot and the plane was in excellent condition. It was physics that I was a little [...]