Among the bloggers I am friends with there aren’t many that I agree with politically, but I hope most of you will agree with this sentiment: Miserable Failure

A few months ago I wrote about what my wishes were in the event of my untimely death. My wife made me write it because she knew members of my family might have trouble with some of it, and she was right – they weighed in. I will say my brother Mike had an awesome [...]

My wife posted an excellent homemade ice cream recipe on her Florida blog. Her mother and grandmother made it at every summer gathering – yum! I love the idea that my daughters are learning traditions that have passed from mother to daughter for generations. I’m not sure how much of that goes on anymore, but [...]

I don’t really have a problem with this: Naked dog walker shocked with taser Brings back memories of this: Stop… I’m getting all misty…

Ah yes, we’ll actually see the seasons change…

I never had an allowance when I was a kid. Chores were treated as pilgrimatic (is that even a word?) – you know, no work, no eat? Prior to 10 years old, if I needed to earn money Dad made a list of “extra” chores over and above the usual chores and assigned a value [...]