Farm boys learn quickly, practice what they see
Farm boys learn quickly.
Good sports
I am the least-likely athletic parent you would ever want to meet. I was the two left feet, poor eyesight, quintessential last kid picked....
Sometimes you should just say no
When my children started preschool I wanted to be involved. Being new to the community and eager to crack the code that would grant...
Finding my focus
I took the standard boatload of back to school photos of my children this year. There are the requisite posed photos on the rock...
WebMD is a drama queen
Forget hypochondria, the Internet can make a cyberchondriac out of a molehill – or melanoma out of a mole.
Back in time, back to school
“She is four years and 364 days old and she is spinning away from me like a leaf on the breeze.”
I wrote that nine...
Pretty perfect camping
I am happy to report that my “send a watermelon to camp” program is coming along nicely. We have come to the realization we...
Being fair to the fair
For years we have happily ignored our county fair as something one enjoys hearing about from other people while blissfully avoiding the cost and...
It’s good to be king, or is it?
So you want to be King? It helps immeasurably to be born into the Royal Family so you can mark that off your “to...
How was the West won without bottled water?
Since the onslaught of 40 days of rain, the term "French drain" has been whispered in my ear. Let me assure you, it is not as sexy as it sounds.
