Why I hate garage sales
I should clarify. I don’t hate going to garage sales. I only mildly dislike going. I hate putting them on. Let me explain why. But, first, let’s talk about going to garage sales. To go to a garage sale you must walk soberly onto another’s property with the intention of looking at their garbage. This […]
Don’t throw my son in the pool, sir.
“Let’s take the kids to the Toronto Zoo.” “Great idea. We can stay over a night at a hotel that has a pool. The kids will love it.” “They’re doing a costume-parade-type-thing for Halloween at the zoo. We can dress the kids up like animals and walk around and see the animals.” “Yeah!” “Yeah!” So […]
What’s your Bentley?
(This week we’re going to share something our dear friend Baxter Swenson wrote and passed our way. You may recall, Baxter chimes in from time to time. Hope you like it.) C’mon-let-me-out, c’mon-let-me-out! We’ve all been there. Slowly creeping forward. Inch by inch until we see someone gesture they will stop short and make room […]
What you resist persists
I’m not sure who said that first but I know a guy who says it. I think he might know the guy who first said it. Or maybe he knows a guy who knew the guy. (Tangent: This “knowing someone who knows someone” thing reminds me of something I remember my grandfather saying growing up, […]
Who’s the boss?
It’s my wife’s birthday. We’re sitting at the dining room table with the kids having breakfast. Scrambled eggs for myself, Meredith and William and cinnamon “bum bums” for Adeline. She likes to give things names. This is her newest name for cinnamon toast when it’s made on a roll. A few moments ago Meredith and […]
Know your trees
Imports are a beautiful thing. Except when they’re an invasive species like the Emerald Ash Borer. I found one stone-cold chilling on my sidewalk last week. It was gorgeous to behold. The luminescent green of its exoskeleton is almost unbelievable. I guess they’re hard to lay eyes on as they are elusive. Their wake however […]
Where’s the wisdom?
Sometimes you just don’t have much to say. I recognize this would seem, to those who know me, like something I’m not familiar with. I always have something to say. Whether it needs to be said or not. Tonight, I don’t have much to say. I don’t have a keen observation or everyday epiphany to […]
The Yellow Jacket tragedy
I’ve got Yellow Jackets on my screen porch. I can’t figure out how they’re getting in. I only see two at a time, tops. Mostly I find them on their own. They wasp around a while like drunk helicopters and then land on a screen. They take a smoke break and then bump into the […]
You don’t feel your clothes
Ever think about how you don’t feel your clothes when you’re wearing them? You do when you first put them on, that sensation of change. But shortly after you stop feeling them. It’s something to do with nerve endings being compressed when you put the clothes on. The initial pressure causes them to fire. The […]
