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Biggest Thrill: Katrina and Dan had a new baby, Joni James Pasick, born August 24, 2023. Music Artist Most Listened To: Joni Mitchell, of course. Books I’ve Been Reading:  Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 10/10 The Art Thief by Michael Finkel  6/10 My Search for Warren Harding by Robert Plunket  1/10 Most Enjoyable Day: My afternoon spent at the Motown Museum with my two sons and then dinner at Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails in Detroit. Biggest Struggle: Adapting to using a walker is a …

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how my grandfather, Izzie, taught me to love baseball. While the first Izzie and I described was fun and exuberant, there was another side that was not nearly as pleasant. One day Izzie could be delightful, and the next day he could be deeply depressed. His compulsive gambling often came close to destroying our family. Several times as I was growing up in the same house with him, I heard him threaten to …