One recent weekend morning, our day started with a rare in-room visit from our two sons. Usually, they’ll just clamor from the hallway that they’re ready for breakfast, but occasionally they drop in for family snuggle time first, climbing into our big bed to give us a prolonged … [Read more...]

Anyone who has been married, or who has known someone who got married, is familiar with the bridal registry. It's what engaged couples do to help the people that they invited to the wedding, but don't really know, find a thirty dollar wine glass. You know the people I'm talking … [Read more...]

After years apart, my winter boot socks finally found each other. This would have been fantastic news for my toes if it wasn’t July. Who knows where those thick woolies will wander off to by the time the snow flies again? I wasn’t even sure I still had two boot socks. A few … [Read more...]

I once had a cat named Murphy. Murphy explored everything. As a kitten, he proved to be a natural predator of mice and squirrels. He climbed inside every piece of pottery in the house, and when he matured enough to explore the great outdoors, I did not always know what mischief … [Read more...]

For as long as I can remember, activities involving any level of eye-hand-stick-ball coordination have eluded me. And while I’ve often heard flirty women at cocktail parties gush, “Oh, I’m such a klutz!” I wonder how many of them have broken their noses falling off a pair of … [Read more...]