Fifty-four years ago, I was a single man with no plans for the weekend. By the end of the day, I was getting married. Ruth and I were engaged for about twenty hours. We eloped to Las Vegas on September 11th and spent the next fifty-one years and sixteen days raising a family. Like most …
Sunday Drives
When I was a kid, my dad took my mom, my sisters, and me on Sunday drives. Most trips involved a visit to see one of Dad’s sisters, but some were just outings to get us out of the house. Those drives often took us out into the country. We’d drive through farmland and Dad …
Twenty-One Days
Comforting
I posted a story about a week after Ruth died about the things I had experienced the night of her accident. If you want to look it up, it’s called Something More. Near the end of the story, I wrote this. I don’t believe in heaven, or hell, but honor the beliefs of those who …
Mumbley-Peg and Baseball Cards
I was about ten the first time I played mumbley-peg . I had one opponent, my cousin Gene. He was four years older than me, so we never played when I turned twelve because he had his driver’s license by then and he moved on to bigger and better things. He still included me, but …
Senior-to-Senior
My first story about my granddaughter, Eva, was posted on December 20, 2017. It was one month after I started my blog. I introduced her as my “granddaughter” with an emphasis on “grand”. That’s what I thought back then, and my opinion hasn’t changed. She’s grander than ever. If you look up “beautiful” in the …
Why?
I took a journalism class in high school. I don’t recall anything about it but this: who, what, when, where, why and how. We called this the “five w’s and the h”. Google says this. Who? – asking about a person What? – asking about an object When? – asking about a time Where? – asking about …
Our Things
If you’ve been around long enough, you have a lot of things. With two places to live, I have a ton. Most of it was acquired during my fifty-one years of marriage although I do still have a few items from my college days. A fraternity paddle, a couple of mugs and my Lambda Chi …
Once Upon A Time
Several years ago, while still the Superintendent of Britton-Macon Area School, I shared books with my staff on opening days. I presented a different one for the final eight years of my tenure: Tuesdays with Morrie, Who Moved My Cheese, all the Tom Brokaw “greatest generation books”, and numerous others. Mitch Album’s Tuesdays with Morrie …
I Whiffed
David and Lindsay’s twenty-first wedding anniversary was August 6th. I forgot all about it and wouldn’t have remembered at all if I hadn’t spoken with Lindsay that day. Shame on me. Years ago, Ruth and I divided the bill paying process between the two of us. She paid for some things, and I paid for …