once in awhile

“Every once in awhile, I notice when a ball comes into me, it’ll hit the front of my glove because I just can’t get my hand all the way back. But, hell, I’m 71 years old, what am I going to do?” he said with a laugh.

“There have been much prettier singles. Your bat gets blown up and it goes right at the shortstop when he’s trying to field the ball. But, we often talk, it’s baseball. You need a little luck once in awhile.”

There are still a few strips that could be binned, but at least they hit a humorous note every once in awhile — the two departing strips accomplished that feat once in every thousand tries, if that.

A nice juicy hamburger, fries and a drink is so much tastier and relaxing inside once in awhile.

“We just putter around, you know, we don’t have to do anything,” she says, adding that their office manager takes care of almost everything, and they just stop by the office every once in awhile to chat.