I mentioned a few months ago that I took a creative writing class. The class wasn't exactly what I'd hoped for, but a couple of the assignments were thought provoking, if nothing else. Our very first assignment was to write about a window. That was it. That was the assignment. Oddly enough, the first thing … Continue reading The Window
Just under a year ago, we decided to buy a small travel trailer. It's nothing special, but it does the job. I was more than a little nervous about pulling a large trailer over long distances, since, up to that point in my life, I had never pulled a trailer of any size for any … Continue reading Adventures In Camping…So Far
Between too much cold (I don't like winter...at all) and having too much going on around here, I've been a little out of touch for a while. Things seem to finally be calming down, so hopefully, that continues. It has been almost two years since everyone's world was turned upside down. Like many others, when … Continue reading Choose Your Own Adventure
I'm a little late in my recollections of Veterans Day, but like they say, better late than never. With the end of the fighting in what was then known by many as the “War to End All Wars,” November 11, 1918, marked a day of remembrance for all those who gave their lives serving in … Continue reading Giving Thanks
I'm not much of a pet person. I grew up out in the country with outside cats who helped keep the critters to a minimum. Only for a few brief years here and there did we ever have any kind of pet inside the house. Just before my wife and I got married, she (we) … Continue reading Pets
Yesterday was Father’s Day, and like any self-respecting father, I chose to eat too much, play video games, and basically do a whole lot of nothing. It was wonderful. I can’t wait until next year.
In the days leading up to the Cub Scout camping trip that we went on in October, my son asked over and over if we would be able to go fishing while we were there.
Three years ago today, I lost my dad.His bad habits are what eventually killed him, but he was an extraordinary man who did not fully embrace his own capabilities. He was by far the smartest man I've ever known, and I'm fortunate that I inherited a little bit of that. He was my mentor and one … Continue reading Heroes
Sunday was my 38th birthday. I'm not sure how that happened.I understand the conception and birth thing. Time has passed, and so on. What I don't understand is how I can be two years shy of forty when on most days I have to remind myself that I'm an adult now so I should probably … Continue reading Time
My dad built the house I grew up in right smack in the middle of a flood plain on about an acre of land. He had the builders bring in piles and piles of dirt to build up the area where the house was to be built, and then had them dig back down to … Continue reading Ants
Reflections Of A Middle Aged Nobody 