This spring the budding flowers and vegetable garden greenery of New Albany look much less chewed than in the past. Knowledgeable observers attribute the change to the fearsome bunny-hunting team of Kasey and Penny. Rabbits throughout the neighborhood cower in fear when this formidable pair steps outside on their latest expedition. They know that the [...]
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The Fearsome Bunny Hunters Of New Albany
Posted in Dogs, Penny, Family, Humor, Kasey, tagged Family, Humor, Penny, New Albany, Dogs, Rabbits, Kasey on June 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Genetic Snare
Posted in Family, Reflections, Science, tagged Cancer, DNA, Family, Genetics, Health, Heart Attack, Reflections, Science on June 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Recently a friend survived a heart attack. He didn’t smoke, kept his weight down, ate the right things, and got exercise. But his father had had a heart attack, and when my friend reached his mid-50s, so did he. When something like that happens to a person you know, it shakes you. You think about [...]
What’s In A Name?
Posted in Family, Humor, TV, tagged Bob, Bobby, British accents, Family, Game of Thrones, Humor, Names, Rob, Robert, TV on May 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Robert is, candidly, a somewhat clumsy name. It doesn’t exactly flow trippingly off the tongue. Starting with the rolling “r,” then flipping to the explosive “b,” then ending with that hard “t” — it’s just filled with too many discordant sounds. “Robert” didn’t even sound good when actors on last season’s Game of Thrones talked [...]
Kinda Cool
Posted in Family, tagged Grandpa Neal, silver certificate on May 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Back in 1982 when I was twenty five working as a teller for Banc Ohio a customer passed me a five dollar silver certificate so I exchanged it for five dollars and kept it hoping it would be worth something. A few weeks later I decided to give it to mom’s dad, Grandpa Neal, in [...]
Sunburn Season
Posted in Family, Humor, weather, tagged Family, Humor, Sunburn, Sunscreen, Tanning, weather on May 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been brutally hot in Columbus the past few days, with the mercury reaching the high side of 90. As a result, I’ve gotten my first sunburn of the season. There are people who can “lay down a base” without getting burned and gradually get darker and darker, without telltale peeling, as the summer progresses. [...]
Feeling Good About The Frog
Posted in Family, Happiness, Kasey, tagged Creatures in the House, Family, Frogs, Happiness, Helping animals, house and grounds, Kasey on May 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, as I was walking through our downstairs hallway, I noticed an intruder in the house. At first I thought it was a moth, but instead it was a small green frog, clinging to the wall at about baseboard level. How it got into our house is anybody’s guess. I’d guess it was a [...]
The Inventor Who Changed Everything — And His Invention
Posted in America, Family, Humor, Technology, TV, tagged America, Eugene Polley, Family, Humor, Inventions, Patents, Remote Controller, Technology, TV on May 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Eugene Polley, 96, died on Sunday. Few Americans recognize his name, although virtually every American uses his invention on a daily — in some cases, hourly, or even more distressingly frequent — basis. Polley held 18 U.S. patents, but his crown jewel was the wireless TV remote controller. In 1955 he invented the Flash-Matic, a [...]
Looking For A Quick, Clean Exit, Far Into The Future
Posted in Family, Healthcare Reform, tagged Family, Aging, Healthcare Reform, senior citizens, Death, New York magazine, Death Panels, Nursing Homes on May 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
How do you want your life to end? An even more difficult question: how do you want the lives of your loved ones to end? An article in New York magazine, about a family’s struggle with their mother’s long, slow decline — and the related emotional and societal costs — raises those stark heartbreaking issues. [...]
Answering Andrew’s Request
Posted in Blogging, Family, Politics, tagged Blogging, David Brooks, Family, New York Times, Politics on May 20, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Our bright and gifted nephew and godson, Andrew, put up a Facebook post stating that the David Brooks’ column The Age of Innocence in the New York Times was “great fodder for Webner House.” I agree. In fact, I’d like to try a kind of experiment with Andrew’s suggestion that we really haven’t done before [...]
A Satisfying Saturday Morning Clean-Up
Posted in Family, tagged Cleaning, Family, house and grounds, Housecleaning, Saturday Morning on May 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The boys are gone, back to their new home bases. It was wonderful to see them, but with their departure the house feels in a certain state of . . . disarray. There are beds to be stripped, clothes to be washed and dried and hung, clean towels to be folded, and sheets and blankets [...]
Kasey The Escape Artist
Posted in Dogs, Family, Humor, Kasey, Movies, tagged Dogs, Family, Harry Houdini, Humor, Kasey, Movies, Steve McQueen, The Great Escape on May 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
We’ve discovered that Kasey is the Harry Houdini of dogs. We keep Penny and Kasey in crates overnight because I’m not keen on sleeping with dogs. Kasey, however, has figured out how to get out of one of the crates. This morning when I came down to take the dogs for our walk she was [...]
The Two Greatest Mothers In The History Of The World
Posted in Family, Growing Up, Uncategorized, tagged Children, Family, Growing Up, Mother's Day, Mothers on May 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This Mother’s Day, I want to take a moment to thank the two greatest mothers in the history of the world: my mother, and my wife. I knew my mother first, of course. If I could somehow probe the recesses of my brain and call up my first memory, it would no doubt be of [...]
Begging Door-To-Door
Posted in America, Family, tagged America, Begging, Charity, Children, Family, Generosity, Parenting, Values on May 7, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Last Sunday Kish and I were getting ready to take the dogs for a walk when there was a knock at the door. We opened our front door to find a teenage girl and her mother, both unknown to us, on the doorstep. The girl explained that they were members of a nearby church. She [...]
Kasey Under Cover
Posted in Dogs, Family, Humor, Kasey, Photography, tagged Dogs, Family, Humor, Kasey, Photography on May 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Whatever Kasey’s dominant strain is, it clearly was bred for burrowing. Every morning she leaps onto our bed and, through various paw scratches, head tosses, and other gyrations, messes up the sheets and covers and sneaks underneath. She then promptly covers herself up, falls asleep, and begins snoring. The last step in the morning getting [...]
