If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!See the tall man in the back looking bemusedly upon his brood? That’s my paternal Grandfather, Fathered Eleven, standing in front of a stack of hay that he probably planted and harvested himself. (Click on the image to see […]
Gravedigger, when you dig my grave, could you make it shallow so that I can feel the rain?
—Dave Matthews
Mortality bites. That’s what that song is trying to say. (There’s also an outstanding acoustic version here. Less angry.) Another line says, “You should never have to watch as your only children are lowered in the ground—never […]
Back in the fall, before the snow fell, Boy 12, Boy 7 and their 7-year-old cousin hiked up into the hills near our home. (It’s a mountain range, really, not just a hill. But since they weren’t going far, “hill” gives a truer impression.) Their destination was “the tree house,” which is not a tree […]
For our family Christmas party this year (the one involving my Mom and siblings—one family Christmas party of many), we conducted a neighborhood food drive to benefit the Utah Food Bank. We were aiming for a repeat of the year the homeless person crashed our party. Not a repeat of the event, of course, but […]
Let me be honest with you. It’s not that kind of post. If you’re expecting something warm and fuzzy about the season, it’s not in this post. (Maybe in this one.)
The mystery I’m talking about is this: why is it that Christmas makes it okay to lie to our children?
We parents spend a […]
Artwork by Boy 7. I was wearing my Ninja suit that day.-->
