I’ve been trying to get my daughter to learn toeside turns on her snowboard for a while now. We’ve developed a routine: she rides on her heels all the way down the mountain, then on the chairlift back up I ask, “How about you try some toes?” to which she … Read more...
Lucky Fool
To be a fool is a wonderful thing.
It means you’re naive, innocent, and trusting enough to be wooed into something out of the ordinary.
Having oatmeal fall on your head, stepping into a pair of shoes filled with shaving cream, showing up to an important meeting only to find a… Read more...
The Boogeyman, Revealed
I listened to my daughter and her friend talk about the boogeyman yesterday, in the car ride home from picking up pizza.
You’re safe as long as you stay under the covers. He won’t come and get you if you’re asleep. Yeah, only if you’re awake. And he knows th… Read more...
What Comes After A Good Cry
I had just finished crying over the loss of a friend.
It was 6 am and my daughter, the younger one, was up early laying in bed next to my wife, or, should I say, on top of my wife, annoying the heck out of her, trying to get her to let her watch baby videos on her phone. This is t… Read more...
Chinese Shelf
We have this ornate wooden bookshelf in the hall. We call it the Chinese Shelf. It’s come with us across 3 houses and is always used in the same way: to display the things we brought back from traveling the world. Or rather that my wife brought back. She’s the one who… Read more...
Mr. Cook
Hey folks, we had a bit of a glitch with today’s post, so here it is again: an important one that poured out of me in like 15 minutes about the timelessness of beloved relationships….
My high school art teacher died Wednesday and, though I’m 3,000 miles away and missed… Read more...
A Revealing Outfit
I hosted a “NeverWear” party one year. The idea was for people to wear the clothes they never wear. Heh heh. Get it? It was raucously successful. We had fur vests and bell bottoms, tuxedos and tiaras, name brands and no names, shirts too small and shirts too big.
Peopl… Read more...
My Daughter Is A Disco Yeti
It’s Celebrity Day at school and, when so many kids look to pop stars for inspiration, my oldest daughter decided to wrap herself up in a white faux fur poncho and call herself a yeti, technically the Disco Yeti from Disney’s Expedition Everest roller coaster attract… Read more...
Nearly Robbed
A few years ago we were nearly robbed. I say nearly because we stopped them at the perimeter. My wife heard a banging, looked out the second-story window, and saw two young men standing in our front garden about to crawl through a hole in the fence. She yelled some expletives and… Read more...
The Cliff Laugh
I laugh loud and am amused easily, which makes me the ideal member of any audience. It’s a full-body laugh that makes me hit my head on the back of the chair, even slide off onto the ground. Kids either love my laugh or are afraid of it, as it foghorns its way into the roo… Read more...