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  • The Church of Baseball

    Getting my son interested in baseball.I’m not a big fan of forcing my kids into things that I like. So I don’t necessarily care if my son doesn’t like baseball – or rather I stand on principal that I shouldn’t force it,…

  • My Daughter's Band

    My daughter ReyRey, she’s 12 years old, wants to start a band. She’ll be the manager and her friend Sabrina (these names are made up by the way), will be the assistant manager. I don’t know who’s going to play instrume…

  • Breaking your routine

    I don't really like to break my routine to do things like vacation. You know, exercise, diet, writing - wait did I say I had a writing routine? no, but I want one. When you go on vacation you mess all that up. And th…

  • Parents and Friends

    Parents are sometimes criticized for being “friends” with their kids. The implication is that friends are permissive. I think the real problem is when parents bow to peer pressure (from their kids), which isn’t good to…

  • 1K

    I wrote. I wrote. Finally after a 3 day drought. I didn't write much, just 1K which was about 1 and 1/2 pages, cause I had other things to do. I also drank a small cup of black joe yesterday, cause it wasn't doing me…

  • Maxie

    It pains me to post today that the very cute, beautiful loving dog that I wrote about this morning, fell very ill and died tonight. It is clear to me now that she was already a dog I could like a lot. We had to take he…

  • Welcome to Doggiehood

    “grmmm.” “did you say something?” “I’m just growling at her.” Ok, I’ve never had a dog before this, but we have three children, have decided that that’s enough and I do not particularly want another child that keeps me…

  • Casualties of Moving

    One of the “casualties” of moving may be that my oldest daughter (ReyRey – for those old readers who remember her) quits swimming. We originally put her on a swim team so that she could learn to handle herself in the wa…

  • Blah....interesting times.The fall of civilization.I didn't go to lunch today.Ate in.IHOP for dinner.stopped at Home DepotLooked at water heaters.The kids.Carried themreadlistened.

  • My third child, the 3YO asks me as I am carrying him up to bed, "why do you have that head?" putting his finger on my bald part. "My hair fell out." "Yaw haou fell out?" "mm hmm. I used to have hair but it fell ou…

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