A Bob's Life

  1. It is the first Monday of December 2021. The year is sliding to a conclusion and there are but three Mondays remaining in the month. Pa...

Snow Thrower in the Yard Elkridge, MD December 4, 2021   After I finished removing the leaves from the yard yesterday,  it was time to get t...

Jeremy and Julie Ellicott City December 3, 2021   Jeremy and Julie, after five years, formalized their love and relationship yesterday by sa...

Around the Fire with Christmas Wineglasses Elkridge, MD December 2, 2021 Typically, when sitting around a December fire I am bundled in heav...

  With the first day of December Chris and I began to open our Advent Wine Calendar. The countdown to Christmas will now be littered with wi...

  December 2021 has arrived. It happened overnight when November slipped into history and December arrived with the stroke of midnight. And ...

  I think the retailers just realized something--if Black Friday sales are spread over multiple days people will not spend more money, they ...

  1. Wow. It is the last Monday of November and that means there are just 4 Mondays remaining in the year. There are 26 shopping days until ...

Photo by Patrick Doan   My family, which came to America during 1629, has a checkered history. Yesterday my son Patrick visited the grave of...

Axis and Allies 1942 Edition Odenton, MD November 26, 2021   The annual family Axis and Allies game was conducted yesterday complete with ad...