By the Dawn’s Early Light
2016-09-22 – It’s fall. And, no, I can no longer see by the dawn’s early light. I don’t sleep well, so I’m usually up before my alarm goes off. Last […]
Tag Archives: Family
A Life Lived in Service of Others
2016-0811 – I met Don about 26 years ago at Café El Tapatio. He was recently married at the time to Kit’s sister Tess. Kit and I would be married […]
My Dog Lefty Has Arthritis
2016-07-19 – My dog Lefty has arthritis. I began to figure this out on my own when I noticed that his limping seemed to follow a long period of inactivity. […]
I Tend to Do the “Women’s Work”
2016-07-05 – I tend to do the “women’s work” around our house. I wash the clothes, mostly. I wash most of the dishes. I sew on buttons. I cook. (I […]
Comforting the Afflicted
2016-06-30 – Here’s an interesting saying: The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. If you want to look up the source, here’s a […]
The U.S. Side of the Vacation
2016-06-14 – We are on vacation! We left the boys and the animals to mind the house and took off on a road trip. Yay! Only the second time since […]
The Graduate Walk Speaks Volumes Without Words
2016-05-24 – Public oratory is pretty much disdained in this country. We don’t have time for it. Or we distrust it. We listen to sermons only if we show up […]
Con-grad-ulations, Cal!
2016-05-22 – Yesterday, seniors who participated in sports received their letters. My son Cal was one of them. In my day, jocks got letter jackets (I was not one of […]
Finger Picking
My “career” as a guitarist is notable by the fact that I’ve had very few lessons. If you listen to me play, you might say that it shows. I can […]
What About Women?
2016-03-31 – Tuesday I wrote about how ignoring inconvenient people can really backfire. I wrote about Israelis who ignored the Palestinians. I wrote about Americans ignoring African Americans, Native Americans, […]
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