Articles from November 2009



Leaving for the Sunshine

It’s dreary and raw here in the northeast, but by 5pm this evening I shall be in the sunshine of Florida. Off for a week of warm weather and good times. Yesterday, the fam celebrated thanksgiving. Great food, good conversation… the crowd around the table was smaller, as the “kids” grow up they have other [...]

Giving Thanks

It’s early morning. I just got up, made coffee and am about to start a fire for a warm and cozy beginning to the day. It’s Thanksgiving. I feel that today of all days, thanks are more than in order for all the good things in my life: my family, my friends, my health, my [...]

Chapman Deering is Dead! Long Live Chapman Deering!

This past weekend I was posting blog entries as usual… and all was well in the world. So I decided to upgrade my blog software to the next recommended version. Needless to say, everything blew up, the blog crashed and burned into many small and ugly pieces. All the posts, comments, custom headers — everything [...]