Tag: Tales

  • We still do

    We still do

    I’m not particularly devout, so when I’ve used the word “blessed” in relation to the events of my life over the years, I’ve done so with a bit of smart-aleck behind it. “About to eat these tacos. #blessed” for instance. But when my wife and I renewed our vows —…

  • Dad

    Dad

    One of the items I inherited from my dad is a guitar. I’m not much of a musician, but one of my goals this year is to learn guitar at least well enough to play some chords rather than just making noise. I think I inherited that desire to learn,…

  • Jules

    Jules

    Spring 2004, and my wife decides she wants a cat. We had tried having a cat before, adopting a rambunctious young cat from one of Bessie’s bosses three years before. Foley didn’t stay with us long; he was full of energy, and our crazy schedules — coupled with the small…

  • Write! What? You know.

    Write! What? You know.

    I originally wrote this in 2017. I don’t want to dwell on the past or revel in nostalgia, but to explain how I got here, I’ve got to start there. It starts with a fox. ———- I was in fifth grade, and one day we were assigned to write a…

  • The Paris trip

    The Paris trip

    I figured it would be a good idea to put all my writing about our first big European vacation in one place, especially after I archived the original blog posts.