First off, welcome back. I know at least one of you has been on the edge of your seat, wondering how the rest of this summer’s romantic comedy will end. (You know who you are). Secondly, my apologies to director Stanley Kramer for blatantly appropriating his title. “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” a 1963 madcap comedy starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star supporting cast including Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silve

Well, here we are again, another fall. Not that I mind, of course. I’ve always loved fall; leaves turning, a sudden nip in the air, a new school year starting. When I was a kid, going back to school often meant being confronted with a loathsome first assignment - the dreaded “What I Did On My Summer Vacation” essay. Even though I’m sixty-two years old and long out of school the weight of writing that essay still lingers. So, here’s mine for 2018. This summer, my wife Marion a