Dick Wolfsie

My wife and I were starting to watch a Netflix series when I said: “This looks familiar. Have we seen it before?” “I’m not sure, Dick. But if we have…

I did something this year for the first time in the history of my 40-year marriage. I guess I was going through a kind of (late) mid-life crisis and I…

At the end of each year, news stations recount notable people who passed away during the previous 12 months. I’d like to mention a few who meant a great deal…

I began writing this weekly column in December of 1999, crafting almost 1,100 essays over 22 years. One of the great pleasures in my life is to receive a note…

Here is Part Two of my look back on the people, places and peculiarities that made it into my column in 2021. To the various streaming services that have made…

Every year about this time, I look back with appreciation at the people, places and predicaments that made it into my column during the past 12 months. Here is Part…

Mary Ellen and I have a standing argument—literally, a standing argument. She claims that the first thing I do when I enter a room is sit down.  “That makes you…