How do you…

August 16th, 2009

…raise kids?
I dunno — never done it.
Why are you doing it now?
Because we have two sons and we love them.
Doing it without experience?
Yep.
Strange.
Yep.
Having children is as real and life-intrinsic as breathing.  It challenges everything about you, requires more than you ever dreamed, and teaches you a thousand lessons about yourself.  It pays back far more, […]

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Ode to Nothing

June 9th, 2009

I sat down and did nothing. Oh, my fingers moved on the keys and "mouse" [since when do we like mice so well?!].  I "talked" to a friend using this funny medium.  I read some news which interested me and disappeared — or rather, lodged — in my mind, useless, cluttering.

I did nothing I say, joining countless…

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Jane’s [Great] Nephew Visits

May 30th, 2009

Yes, Jane is a Great Aunt, and has been for nearly 20 years.  Of course before that she was already a great Aunt.  And before that…

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A Face is Missing

December 4th, 2006

Families are made of faces. Faces we assume will always be there. People we know are part of us, we of them. Those faces are too often far away, but when we see them up close we know them and own them as ours.

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On Banning Religion

November 22nd, 2006

Elton John, gifted British musician with over 200 million albums sold, has launched an anti-religious salvo. Perhaps his coments will only receive the collective yawn they deserve, and yet…maybe they merit a reply of sorts.

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