Hi, Harry,

Is it "Go Bones"? I must have given the impression that my W thrives on gifts, but I'm not sure that she does. Often when I buy her a gift, say jewelry (she wears jewelry often) she never wears it. My sister in law noticed it too: My W does not respond to gifts.

I'm not talking about touching here. I'm talking about conversing. We both require people to converse with; though I'm not sure she really confides in anybody. I'm refraining from confiding in my W. What unfortunately does happen is that, while she makes both reasonable and unreasonable requests, I often don't realize until later which are which, and I can refuse to acknowledge reasonable requests. A tough row to hoe this selesctive strike.

Paul, who took kids to see the Cubs play the D'Backs at Wrigley today