Bob DeStefano

02/03/18 8:00am

Eye On the Ball: A different life

“Family Feud”, “Jeopardy”, “Wheel of Fortune”

BOB DeSTEFANO

This is the first winter in 60 years that my wife Anne is not at my side. Things are quite different — rather than say good or bad or better or worse, I prefer saying “different.”

I Googled the percentage of how many marriages last 60 years and the answer is 1 percent. So, in the marriage department, I did better than 99 percent. Of course, like all greedy people, I wanted much more time. But that’s not the way life goes. Everything ends, except life goes on. (more…)

01/18/18 8:00am

The pleasures of winter on Shelter Island

BOB DeSTEFANO PHOTO Let it snow. Our columnist’s driveway.

Did you ever notice how some things can be so beautiful and at the same time really ugly?

Every winter I feel that way about snow. Not many things are more attractive or more beautiful than the first snowfall. On the flip side, driving home from work on slick, sub-freezing temperature roads, not much could be uglier. (more…)

Jay Card, Jim Colligan, Jim Theinert, Peter Meidema, Shelter Island Library, Walter Richards

01/03/18 2:00pm

Column: Good times? Bad times? Let’s just say ‘different’

growing older, New York Giants tickets

COURTESY PHOTO Our columnist celebrating with his 80-year-old sister, Janet.

I clearly remember as a young man being told that people my age would probably never see the turn of the century. After all, I would be in my 60s at that time and that was about how long I was told we were going to live. (more…)

12/16/17 3:00pm

Column: ‘I have a dog. His name is Bailey’