Dilemma

A friend just wrote and said she is doing a walk to support breast cancer research and the Susan G Komen foundation. This friend would also like nothing better than to become a nun, I think, and it bothers her to no end that I am such a heathen. So, how do I tell her […]

These middle aged blues

It’s Saturday night. It’s just after 10:00. My wife and kids are asleep (or almost so), taking up our entire bed with pillows and quilts and stuffed animals and feet and hands and stuff. I’m unable to sleep, so I thought “Hey, what a perfect chance to go catch a movie!” Now aside from the […]

Ivan redux dux

Remember when I wrote about Ivan reforming and coming back for our little town? Well, it rained for about half an hour this morning (while we were at soccer and not enough to cancel it). That’s it. That’s it? Yes, I just mowed the lawn and now have three sprinklers running, trying to save my […]