Mowing in Central Florida is usually done as early in the morning as possible. The goal is to get the whole yard done before the temperature hits 90 degrees. On the other hand, if you’re not mowing your lawn, you really don’t want to wake up to the sound of your neighbor’s lawn mower. How […]
Read MoreBy now, you probably have discovered that I do a lot of improvisation. Sometimes it works out (like finger love). Other times, it doesn’t (see finger of doom). My most successful, I think, has been Air Five. In case you don’t remember Air Five, it’s a way of “high five”‘ing your child from a distance. […]
Read MoreNot so very long ago, one of my wife’s friends gave her a recipe for “Beer Bottom Chicken”. Basically, you balance your chicken on an open beer can for roasting. No, I have no idea how or why this is supposed to improve the flavor of a roast chicken. I could understand pouring the beer […]
Read MoreToday’s Tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it! Terms for Searchers: Romeo and Juliet, MacBeth, Thumb, Power
Read MoreBack when the summer was just getting started, we had some house guests. More specifically, our guest was my six-year old’s best friend – a girl who had moved out of our neighborhood about a year ago. During the visit, the two reconnected (as they always do) just as though they’d never been apart. This […]
Read MoreFather’s Day this year was a quiet sort of day. Between the triple digit heat and humidity so thick you could bottle it, we pretty much just stayed indoors all day. By late afternoon, the kids were going stir crazy. “Okay,” I said from the kitchen table. “Get out.” The six-year old stopped spinning long enough […]
Read More“Mom, Dad, who’s the most famous writer?” My six year old greeted us with this question this morning as he crawled into our bed. “Hmm,” I said. “I think maybe William Shakespeare. What do you think, momma?” “Aren’t we just talking about living writers?” she asked. “Okay,” I propped myself up on my elbow. ”then I […]
Read MoreToday’s tale is in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it! Terms for Searchers: Roller Skating, Semoran Skateway, who’s the daddy
Read MoreYesterday when I went out to shoot some hoops with my six-year old, I noticed that our basketball hoop had been raised to the full ten feet. “Hey big guy,” I said. “Want me to lower it? That’s the height the pros use.” He looked at me, then the hoop, then threw the basketball in: […]
Read MoreThe kids and their mom went down to visit some friends at Disney yesterday. The friends were staying at a Disney hotel with what sounds like a fantastic pool. There’s some sort of volcano or mountain in the middle with a water slide twisting around it. My wife described it last night as a great […]
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