This is one of the weirdest, strangest, and (I guess) most wonderful, remarkable, and exciting posts I’ve ever written. It’s one that I’ve anticipated for as long as I’ve been writing, which is … well … a pretty long time. My first published story was almost 19 years ago, after all, and I had been […]

Lisa and me in San Antonio. I don’t really know why she likes me, but I know she makes me look good. 🙂

A month ago I wrote a semi-tongue-in-cheek piece about how I was feeling like a single parent. At the time, Lisa’s foot surgery was a week in, and I was absorbed in “running the household.” It was damned hard work. I made a bit of light in the process of bemoaning it. We’re a month […]

I don’t know how single parents do it. Seriously. I am so growing a mega-great appreciation for what you single parents have to deal with. For the past week and a half I’ve been managing the household “on my own” while Lisa recovers from her foot surgery. This means getting things around in the morning, […]

It’s been a busy weekend, starting with sending Brigid and Nick back off to Michigan after retrieving them from the airport and ending with a busy Sunday that included taking Lisa (who is recovering from foot surgery) someplace to get her hair washed and done up to the point where she feels kinda human again. […]

Everyone needs a goal, I suppose. The time when Lisa and I started getting more fit coincided with our place of employment offering the Virgin Health Miles program. With that program came a pedometer, and a whole infrastructure for monitoring and rewarding progress. Some of you will know that one of my resolutions this year […]

At one point of my life I watched a ton of baseball. It’s a nifty game, really. Different than all other games. Its matches play in waves–each inning, each half-inning, really–being it’s own event, the flow of anticipation builds slowly, then releases in unexpected ways. You can watch a baseball game, and if you’re truly […]

We’ve already got about a gazillion pictures floating around Facebook and wherever, but here are a few that folks coming here might be interested in. It was a celtic-themed bash, with the groom and groomsmen (and dads!) in kilts, and the bride in the absolutely most perfect dress ever made (classic, with a touch of […]

In about ten hours my little girl is getting married. I am so happy for her–and for Nick, my soon-to-be son-in-law. (Yikes!). For the past couple weeks I’ve taken to spending a little time each day reading through my blog archives and taking in various posts where I’ve mentioned her, or given stories about how […]