Ghosts of Gettysburg
Every year we take a vacation, my best friend and I and our collective four kids. In more than a decade of annual road...
Dads and heavy lifting
I theorize that the primary reason young men work out to build up muscles is that, on some primal, subconscious level, they know they...
The price of progress
I front like I’m thrifty but let’s be frank here: I spend money like it’s plucked out of thin air. I will nickel and...
Missing things
You’re gonna miss this, You’re gonna want this back, You’re gonna wish these days hadn’t gone by so fast.
— Trace Adkins
This week I, the...
Parenting performance review
In the coming weeks, numerous graduates will stroll, stomp, or perhaps cartwheel across the stage (things are getting so fancy now) to accept their...
Winners, losers and eighth place
Blue for first, red for second, third is white, fourth is yellow and fifth is green. By the time they blow past the primary...
My kids are dating? Game on
There’s a thin line between insanity and coping with your daughter dating.
Our son is 16 and has begun to date a sweet and lovely...
These weighty issues
I am currently having an argument with my thighs. They didn’t use to irritate me, but lately, they’ve been on my last nerve.
I recently...
A practical addiction
For nearly a century, East Liverpool dominated the United States pottery industry ... During its peak production years (1865-1910), East Liverpool’s potteries produced and...
The secret to my success
I never tied my mother’s sheer curtains under my chin and paraded down the stairs playing “bride.” I didn’t plan Barbie’s wedding to Ken....
