For over a week we had planned our kayaking excursion.  Three of us had scouted while others were away, and found the ideal spot to spend Memorial Day as a family kayaking a lovely lake an hour north of us. We made sure we had enough paddles and life vests and ordered more of what […]

I used to smoke a pipe. Well, I did, once. My dad smoked a pipe and made neat smoke rings, and when I saw that pipe sitting in the window as I graced the seat of our commode at the wise old age of, oh, probably four, I gave it a good puff.  IN.  Yeah. […]

I’m reflecting on Christmas…. Well, how could I not at this point when its existence is blared at air horn like decibels from every angle. In a way, I can appreciate the music and lights and the glare of it all because it forces me into the Christmas mood, but under all the tinsel and […]