You have to laugh at life. But sometimes, life laughs at you.
Several weeks ago, I was driving Jackson to school, trying to convince him to eat the bagel with cream cheese before we reached our final destination, where he’d get a more substantial breakfast. This had become such a routine, it struck me.
“Are you tired [...]
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Good Morning
Posted in Life, Uncategorized, tagged Dogs, Family, Life on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Catch
Posted in Life on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last 15 months, I’ve traveled a lot. Not just short trips, either. I’ve been traveling across the country from my North Carolina home – to places like Los Angeles and San Francisco. And it usually means leaving on Sunday night and coming back on Friday morning.
I’m not really built for that kind of [...]
Reading Between The Lines
Posted in Life, Politics, Work on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll be honest. Despite my Journalism degree, most days I skim the headlines. And most days, it’s just one bad news story after another. I can only take so much. I don’t usually connect any of the dots or analyze any of it too deeply. Maybe it’s my age. Maybe it’s my circumstance. Maybe it’s [...]
A Celebration of Life
Posted in Life, tagged A Poem for the Living, Celebration of Life, Family, Funeral, Grandmother, Life, Sylvia Moorman Sommer, Theodora Kroeber on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last Thursday, my wife’s grandmother passed away. I flew home from California on the red eye, slept a few hours in my own bed, filled the car with our family of three and headed to Minster, Ohio.
The visitation was Sunday, and the funeral was Monday. At the visitation, I picked up a Mass card. I [...]
Deadhead Sticker on a Cadillac.
Posted in Life, tagged Differences, Don Henley, Lamborghini, Lessons, Life on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I once heard an interview where Don Henley was asked where the line “…saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac” in the song “Boys of Summer” came from. He said that he was driving down the road, and he actually saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.
I never believed him. Well, not until yesterday.
Yesterday, I pulled in [...]
