Posts in category Lifestyle

By Fred C. Klein Last Sunday dawned lazily, without anything planned and, to our most pleasant surprise, ended up being highlighted by two enjoyable visits. …

By Fred C. Klein Now that I’m firmly entrenched in the Encore stage of life, the profound saying “Youth is wasted on the young” resonates. …

By Fred C. Klein Are convention and propriety always the right way to go?  Are unconvention and impropriety always a negative? There is no perfect …

By Fred C. Klein Home is where the hearth (Joanne says Heart) is and after a surprising 4 month “snow birding”adventure in Key West, we …

By Fred C. Klein Back in the day, I was a member of the fabled New York City Friars Club Executive Committee and my father …

By Fred C. Klein Can you keep a secret? I know I can, under certain specific, controlled circumstances. However, unless sworn to secrecy, I’m free …

By Fred C. Klein I have been regularly registering my Friday With Fred blog for over 20 years and, to be candid, it is part …

By Fred C. Klein “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” is the B side of Chuck Berry’s 1956 “Too Much Monkey Business” recording and is a paean …

By Fred C. Klein When you boil it down to its essence, kindness is the well spring of humanity. Kindness is the quality of being …

By Fred C. Klein By far, one of the foremost pleasures in Key West is biking. The little island is perfectly flat with bike friendly …

By Fred C. Klein It has occurred to me that one measure of how fortunate I am is that I am able to afford to …

By Fred C. Klein One of the reasons I have written my Friday with Fred blog, every week, for over 20 years is the feedback …

By Fred C. Klein Claustrophobia is defined as an intense, irrational fear of enclosed or confined spaces, often triggering anxiety, or panic attack attacks, which …

By Fred C. Klein Superstition (stupid/tradition) says that today is an unlucky day. Historically, such negativity may stem from there having been 13 places at …

By Fred C. Klein The highest point on earth is the crest of Mount Everest in the Himalayas. It is 29,031 feet high. Tenzing Norgay, …

The highest point on earth is the crest of Mount Everest in the Himalayas. It is 29,031 feet high. Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa (Tibetian ethnic …

By Fred C. Klein Last Sunday my New York Giants Football team defeated the Dallas Cowboys by the score of 34-17. I have been a …

By Fred C. Klein A new year is upon us. 2026 AD! What does it portend? What will I write in my diary/journal?  What will …

I have kept a diary/journal since 1/1/70 and, somewhere along the way, added a “Year in Review” entry. Such entry is mostly comprised with personal …

By Fred C. Klein Recently, I endured my wife Joanne’s oft repeated complaint “Why do we always have to be so early to just sit …