Letters for George

This is a personal blog about lots of topics, e.g., dogs, family, retirement, childhood, life in the U.P., humor. The George in the title is my dear brother-in-law George Levenson, husband, father, grandfather, brother, filmmaker, who left us prematurely on his 63rd birthday in 2007. His having been my favorite e-mail correspondent, I intend these stories as a tribute to George and his ever-present impact on his loved ones.

Friday, January 2, 2026

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2026

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  Dear George,  I make the same boring resolutions every New Years: exercise more and lose some weight. I never follow up on these. Howev...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

A CHRISTMAS REPORT

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  Dear George,  We’ve just wound up our best Christmas in many years. Our son Justin and teen-age grandkids Alex and Leo arrived on Dec. 2...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

CHRISTMAS TALES

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  Dear George,   With our son J and grandkids A and L visiting, we are enjoying a very special holiday season.  It reminds me that Christma...
Monday, December 8, 2025

A POETRY QUIZ: HUMAN OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?

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  Dear George,  Can you tell if a poem has been written by a human versus by an AI chatbot? Below are ten pairs of limericks. Within each...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

A DAY FOR THANKS

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  Dear George,  I think I posted this same message last year (and for X number of years before that). But you can never have too many than...
Friday, August 29, 2025

SIXTY-FIVE

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  Dear George,  We have to grapple with such large numbers these days. Sixty-five. That’s the wedding anniversary that we celebrated yest...
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Friday, August 1, 2025

KATJA'S FALL

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  Dear George,  I was sitting in the solarium reading the newspaper when I heard Katja scream for me from the kitchen. I rushed in and was...
Monday, July 21, 2025

EIGHTY-EIGHT, HARD TO BELIEVE

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  Dear George,  Here it is again. Now it’s number eighty-eight, an age I never imagined I would reach. Actually it doesn’t feel that diff...
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David L.
Cincinnati, OH
This is a personal blog that I began shortly after I retired in 2009 from my social psychology faculty position at a large Midwestern university. The blog contains stories and reflections (usually by me but not always) about a variety of things past and present, e.g., growing up in Menominee in Michigan’s U.P. with my siblings, Steven, Peter, & Vicki, and our parents Vic & Doris; family life with my wife Katja, son J, daughter-in-law K, grandkids A & L; our doggies; Cincinnati and our Clifton neighborhood; everyday events; and various life interests. I try to inject some humor into most of this. I hope you find it enjoyable.
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