Top Ten Thanksgiving Foods
Food is an important part of almost all the holidays we celebrate (except for President’s Day, where nothing is as important as a good sale at the furniture store). As we enter the most foodiest holiday of them all, here is a countdown of my top ten Thanksgiving foods: 10. Fruit salad: Fruits are woefully […]
Trick-or-treater beware: Size does matter when it comes to candy bars
Is Halloween candy becoming smaller every year? It sure seems so. Candy bar size didn’t used to be an issue. Some were bigger than others, but that was OK and acceptable. A Three Musketeers was bigger than an Almond Joy. They were all “full-sized” or candy bar sized. Size didn’t really matter. As it seems, […]
Small Talk with a Wave
Our neighbor came over last night to offer us some fresh peaches. We were grateful because we sure do love peaches. I answered the door, and if it had remained a conversation between the two of us, it would have been a pretty straightforward exchange. “Would you like some peaches?” My neighbor would have asked. […]
Questions about superheroes
So, a few weeks ago I was trying to get my kindergartner ready for school. It wasn’t going well. He insisted he was ready, but he didn’t have his socks or shoes on yet. I told him he needed to get his shoes on. He didn’t seem to think it was very important. We weren’t […]
Babysitting can be hazardous to your health
Babysitting is dangerous, ugly work and should not be attempted by the weak at heart. It would be easier, I suppose, if you were able to sit on the babies you were watching, but my parents would never allow me to do so when I was told to babysit. When I was young my babysitting […]
Let the May School Daze Begin!
It’s May! Everyone loves May, right? It’s springtime! The weather is getting better, the flowers are in bloom, the grass is turning green, and the world is full of new life and new excitement! But, for schoolteachers May isn’t fresh, new, and full of life. For schoolteachers, May is the end of a long race. […]
The Agony of a Long Goodbye
My family struggles with goodbyes. They seem unable to complete this simple task in under 24 hours. I feel I have failed them in some way. They have no issues with goodbye on the phone. They say it, and then they hang up, which is good and proper, and expected, actually. It is when they […]
I Can Still Drive 55
By the time you read this, I’ll have already “celebrated” my birthday. As you might be able to tell by the quotation marks around the word “celebrated,” I’m not really excited for this particular birthday. I have my reasons. Upon reaching this birthday, I’ll no longer be able to say I’m in my early 50s. […]
Our Father’s Flag
While camping in Nine Mile Canyon two women from California, in their 50’s, were asking my wife Janice and I about our favorite prehistoric sites in the canyon. Then they informed us that they were political progressives and asked the question, “why are people in Utah predominantly conservative?” Both of us answered that is the […]
There are Thousands of Bad Photos on my Phone
These days everybody has a camera in their pocket. If you want to take a picture of something, you pull out your phone, take anywhere from one to 47 photos, then slide your phone back into your pocket. Next, you look at the pictures, decide which one or two you like the best, and delete […]