Taking Lilly out for her morning walk in the park, I had to ask myself this question again. She’s getting better, though. She used to escape from the house every chance she got. She’d run down the street to a field and find some nice, fresh horse manure to roll in.
Now she just eats it. […]
My mom, who is 73, gave me and my siblings a booklet for Christmas called, “The Story of My Life.” A spiral-bound treasure of some 30 8×11 pages.
It has been very fun to read her recollections of the war years, wash day during her childhood, and other details. It’s not really a “story,” though. It’s […]
No Santa, no cattle lowing or angels heralding. But a song that manages to mix “Christmas,” “could no longer get home,” and “no one paid for a drink” is a winner in my book. I like the urban grit of it. Click Play to roll the song and follow the lyrics below.
Old City Bar
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
OLD […]
The Samson Agonistes crew descended on Chez Five for the Thanksgiving holiday. It turned our chaotic household into a bursting-at-the-seams chaotic household. But we still managed to have some quiet time, some adult conversation, and lots of play time with the kids. For more photos and a report of the hum-drum things we did, visit […]
Yeah, yeah, Joe. We’re all busy so suck it up.
That’s the look I get from people when I tell them I’m really busy. Oh, and the other look: “you’re going to blow me off with that excuse?”
And I know it’s true: to live today is to be busy. But there’s a difference between busy […]
Artwork by Boy 7. I was wearing my Ninja suit that day.-->
