You don’t know me. On Thursday, however, I left work about 4 p.m. and your son crossed my path. Big boy, 15 or so, a foot taller than myself. He had on shorts and red T-shirt and he was walking your dog. Fast glimpse said black lab, but I can’t be sure. He was headed [...]
What I said in the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin this week:
I thought I would be writing about the final hour of wedding planning with this column edition. There is more than enough to talk about, what with a zillion details to cover between now and then. Stuff I’ve never considered in my life [...]
Milton-Freewater Junior Show people? Yep, you all, what with the goat manure still on your boots and the shreds of hay drowning at the bottom of your washing machines. Listen up. I’m sorry. I had no idea. But that’s all changed since this last weekend. This started way back when there was snow on the [...]
It’s true. I get a lot of marketing pitches on a daily basis. When there’s a full moon it can be hourly, I’m not kidding.
Nonetheless, some marketers have earned a second look because they are creative and versatile. Kendal Perez is one of those. She adds enough text to give me a reason to [...]
My sister friend, or frister, interrupted my work yesterday by popping up in my email chat box. “Exciting news for Henry!”
Henry, my nephew, has had a lot of adventures. Despite suffering brain damage and nearly dying in his home country of Korea as an infant, Henry has traveled the [...]
So I thought I’d spew some thoughts out for a few minutes. 1: The coffee place that serves up adult-legal sippy cups has won my vote. The baristas are hilarious, most times, unlike the dour exchanges I’ve been getting at another coffee shop. Or non-exchanges is more the norm. Just the look is enough. The [...]
My daughter, MacMama, texted me this picture today.
“First rose to bloom this year on the David Hagar memorial bush. Exactly the sort of rose Dad would have liked — big, colorful, flamboyant,” she wrote. She’s so right and you can see it’s a beautiful specimen. I love that MacMama and [...]
What I said in the newspaper this week:
HOME PLACE – Hanging onto life by father’s threads
It was a year ago this coming Father’s Day when I handed my six children the fabric of their father, so to speak.
This tale began months earlier, after David died in January of 2009. I had reached [...]
We are but weeks away from this wedding dealio and I have, oh, say, 17 lists running side by side in my little magic notebook. One list (oh, who am I kidding…way more than one) contains chores to be done before my uncle walks me down the aisle, including making a list of group photos [...]
I had a very nervous afternoon, so much so that I was forced to spend money at the toy store to calm myself down. We decided a few weeks ago to get our marriage license on May Day, which I associate with lovely spring flowers and paper cones — with a little wrapped candy in [...]
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