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.

Saturday, June 14, 2025

WRITING SONNETS

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Dear George,  I just finished my OLLI class in writing sonnets. I thought this would be simple and straightforward, but the task was hard...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

MOTHERS' DAY 2025

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Dear George,  Here we are at another Mothers’ Day, definitely the most sentimental day of the year.  My mother, Doris, passed away in 1986 a...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

OLD AGE TRIVIA

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  Dear George,  One of my favorite projects these days is using Google and/or Gemini to scour the Internet and accumulate information on s...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

CHINESE BELLS DAY

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Dear George,  When my dad returned at the end of World War II, our family moved out to the country on the shore of the Menominee River. The...
Monday, March 24, 2025

OO LA LA, SPRING IS HERE

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  Dear George,  It's hard to believe but our long winter is finally coming to an end. The wall lizards have returned to our patio, yell...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

THE ELECTRIC BIKE

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 Dear George, I’m still befuddled.  Weeks ago I noticed a gigantic cardboard box on our front porch. “Electric Bike” was marked on the side....
Friday, January 24, 2025

A PRETTY STRANGE (BUT TERRIFIC) VISIT

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  Dear George,  Our son Justin came up from New Orleans for the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. His kids, Alex and Leo, now 16, w...
Friday, January 17, 2025

CHRISTMAS IN MANHATTAN

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 Dear George,  In our younger married years Katja and I regularly spent the holidays with Ami and Bruce, her sister and brother-in-law, in t...
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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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