Genius

I am finally a very stable genius. At least according to the New York Times, where yesterday I hit the top mark in the Spelling Bee game. By bedtime, I was at 120 points, but I have no idea how I missed some of these five-letter words that would have driven my score even higher.

Spelling Bee

Over the last year, I have gotten hooked on the New York Times daily game feature Spelling Bee. In this on-line game, you must use the center letter in each word you find, and words must have a minimum of four letters. You shoot for the panagram as well. My daily goal is to into

With my sisters

On the second day of Christmas 2021, I spent time with my sisters. And my niece Kristen and her husband and their two children, including four-week-old Maria. Dinner was a seven-pound brisket that I dry-rubbed last evening and my brother-in-law Robert slow-opened to perfection starting at 6 a.m. this morning, plus sides that made most