Category: My Life / Family

March 17, 2014

Back in late January, I was reminded about events from 20 years ago. The 1993/1994 Maryville Spoofhound basketball team had been invited back to this year’s state championships for a reunion. That reunion took place…

March 10, 2014

Spring is almost here. Which means our dog Beasley spends a lot of time running up to whomever will pay attention… nose as close as possible to their face at any given moment. This is…

March 4, 2014

As may have been obvious by my posting of Amazon.com’s top 100 books to read in a lifetime list, I’ve been making a conscious effort to read more this year. Over the past couple weeks,…

February 28, 2014

This little cutie is seven today! I have no idea how this happened so fast.

February 27, 2014

A couple nights ago, I was sitting in my office after helping Jeffrey with some homework. Jenna came in, and had an interesting question. Dad, what country do we come from? I thought I knew…

February 26, 2014

The past few mornings as I’ve driven into work, it’s been completely silent. No talk radio. No music. No iPod. Just me, the sound of the Explorer, and the sound of the road. It’s a…

February 25, 2014

It’s the arch-enemy of anyone who has ever tried to compose an essay, a blog post, a research paper, an e-mail, a journal entry, an epic song, or even a simple tweet. It’s that moment…