Parenthood principle
I like about writing for public consumption. This is opposed to, say, how I started out which was just forcing these missives on my grandmothers who are contractually obligated to find me fascinating.
Playing cat and mouse
Ah fall. The season when all of nature attempts to move indoors.
Go jump in the lake
Summer, as we know it, has come and gone.
Get a job! (But hone interview skills first)
One of the many benefits of being a writer is that my commute is short. (I gained 7 pounds the year I got a laptop and no longer had to walk all the way to the third floor to write).
I still don’t know what I want to be
’Tis the season when most public schools begin a new academic year.
Back to School: The common sense curriculum
Back to school. The very notion conjures up visions of autumn and plaid and crisp apples for the teacher.
This is not what we meant by ‘chill out’
Let us all take a moment to remember Summer 2014. That was a great day.
Teens have earned my respect; adults, no
Here in the Midwest it is fair season. County fairs are gearing up, winding down, and whirling along.
Speak easy: A slippery slope of English
There has been a move afoot for some time to relax (see also: dumb down) the English language.
On family and flying potato chips
I consider myself an "expert" on parenting on par with my "expertise" in machine gunnery or quantum physics.
