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.

Monday, June 27, 2022

What's the Scoop on the Real Seniors?

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Dear George,  I have a big birthday coming up next month. Eighty-five — the biggest number so far. Since 66% of people born in 1937 are ...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

JUNE IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER

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  Dear George,   I’m confused about where we stand with the pandemic. Some days the news sounds like it’s almost over, even though the dis...
Sunday, June 5, 2022

OHIO POLITICS 2022

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Dear George,  This is a big year in Ohio politics. In particular, the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J. D. Vance...
Monday, May 23, 2022

STUFF I USED TO DO

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  Dear George,   I’ve started up again in my OLLI class in Advanced Poetry after a three-month break. This week I’ve written a poem inspi...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

FAST TIMES IN NOLA

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Dear George,   It felt like ages since we’d been to New Orleans to visit our family (i.e., before the pandemic), so our recent trip was very...
Monday, April 18, 2022

OLDIES ON THE ROAD

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  Dear George,  Katja and I are just back from a memorable family visit in New Orleans. We hadn’t been on an airplane since before the t...
Friday, March 25, 2022

ANXIETIES

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Dear George,   Between the volatile international situation, the ups and downs of the pandemic, and daily Republican atrocities, the worl...
Saturday, March 5, 2022

A YOOPER ADRIFT IN THE BIG APPLE

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Dear George,  My second Antioch coop job was at Popular Science Magazine in New York City. As a homegrown Upper Peninsula kid, I’d never bee...
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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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