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Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM

MURPHY'S LAW

Sixty-one.

Sixty-one.

The number of home runs Roger Maris hit in 1961 — the year before I was born — and now my age.

Sixty-one. A week after my granddaughter, Lyla turned 1, I hit 61. A day before my grandson, Linus, turned 8 weeks, I turned 61.

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