We lived in a little neighborhood in San Jose, CA….Frolic Way….back when this show first came on….45 years ago today. We heard that there was going to be a new show for kids….and I remember a bunch of us gathering … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen. Check this guy out….builder, author…grownup having fun with his life. What could be better? “Kept building forts into my adulthood…” and then….he discovers that he’s making a living building forts for other people. Check out this book … Continue reading
The thermostat on the minivan wasn’t working right. The car wasn’t warming up anymore….or “warming up”, but taking a long time to do it. That wouldn’t do to have a bunch of babies riding around in a cold car, now, … Continue reading
Jenny read my blog post yesterday….the mushy one with the mushy song….and said, “That was one of the most maudlin songs ever written.” Well…..yeah. I knew it was maudlin. But, dang…it was effective. She heard that song…..and SHE LOVED … Continue reading
My daughter emailed me yesterday and told me that I’d been writing this blog for 2 years. That’s a long time. So….in honor of that unbroken string of morning writing, this blog will be my last. I’m KIDDING!!! I bet … Continue reading
I must be approaching “of a certain age”. A lot of my heroes are old dudes who rock it in the woods. It will be time to start obsessing over old “Matlock” episodes soon. I’m conscious of getting older. This is a … Continue reading
Tom Magliozzi passed away yesterday. What a hilarious man. I guess that he was “Click” to his brother’s “Clack”. I never knew who was who….until he passed away yesterday and I looked him up. Tom and Ray did the “Car … Continue reading
I guess that I don’t know what “hungry” really is. What a blessing. We ate at the Asian buffet yesterday…and it was good. It’s usually pretty good….depending on what time of day we get there. End times at the buffet … Continue reading
This morning was kind of confusing. I slept in….got up early….looked at the clock…remembered that it was really early…and started to write in the morning quiet that I enjoy if I get up early enough and am… quiet. Then, Nate … Continue reading
The snow we woke up to….or “I” woke up to….everyone else is still asleep…is nothing like this. It’s 4 or 5″ of powder/wet….laying up on the picnic table, wetting the warm blacktop. Still, snow is pretty impressive and unexpected this … Continue reading