Up For Air

I am not working today, first day in two weeks. I'm home, the kids are all home, and we're going to sit down to my wife's spectacular Thanksgiving dinner in a few hours. Right now the smells of turkey and dressing are wafting through the air, and we'll get a fire going in the fireplace... Continue Reading →

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Columbus

It's not so bad, really. He may be seven hours and two states away, but he's in a nice apartment...well, a suitable apartment, clean, quiet, warm, with working appliances and new carpet, no complaints. But he doesn't have a bed. Despite dogged attempts to locate and purchase a queen sized mattress/box spring so he doesn't... Continue Reading →

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Pulling up Stakes

I'm in my garden clearing out structures so the park district can till the plant matter back into the soil. The ground will wait over the long winter, chewing up vines and leaves and dead bugs and turning them into soft, dark loam. Physical work forces my brain to examine the latest events in my... Continue Reading →

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Getting Things Done

A member of the brood had a sort-of minor semi-meltdown over this last weekend. The disheartening task of choosing and applying to universities was too much for them, and we had some tears. Didn't last long, but it was a good time for a little wisdom from the evil-awful parents. I can't take credit for... Continue Reading →

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