I’ve got the stomach flu, and it has completely ruined my plans. Sure, I should have been prepared when my son Johnny got it a few days ago, but I lived in denial. I’ll spare you the unplesant details, but the part of this that’s interesting is that on Wednesday, someone in our Revelation Bible [...]
During my vacation this year, I had the good fortune of being able to spend a week at my grandmother’s cabin at Donner Lake. And this year, my aunt had left a kayak for us to use. The previous night I had tried it out and taken my sons on a short loop in the [...]
Eleanor and I were headed for a rare cup of coffee without the kids and during the five-minute drive, we encountered two different people who were angry over someone getting into the lane of traffic ahead of them. Eleanor and I actually let a couple of people in and then found a great parking place! [...]
I believe I’ve blogged about this before, but lately in Northern California, we’ve had high heat and smoke everywhere from the many fires burning in our state. This, along with high energy costs, leads to a new urgency to… wait for it… keep the door closed!
I don’t want to cool the neighborhood! (Of course I took engineering [...]
Lately, my son Joshua has had some trouble with drawing on the floor, walls, furniture, and windows with crayons. We’ve always had an understanding that crayons are only to be used on paper, and he can answer the question, “Where do we used crayons?” “On paper, Dad.” But temptation strikes, and our little artist feels [...]
When I was a kid, my dad had to make a rule that you could never take the last ice cube from the little ice bin on our freezer drawer without opening and refilling a fresh tray of ice. So my sister and I always left exactly one cube. Then Dad changed the rule to [...]