“DON’T MAKE A MOVE!” our three-year old said in as tough a tone as a three-year old could muster. He’d hidden a gun somewhere in his pajamas and he’d picked this moment to pounce. His mother held up her hands … Continue reading
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We bought our Christmas tree yesterday. In earlier years, we’d gone up in our woods and cut a little Charlie Brown tree, purchased a tree at one of the home improvement stores, and we even had an artificial tree for … Continue reading
I grew up in a Norwegian household. My father’s mother was born in a sod house in the Dakotas, one of the first generation to be born in the United States. In my father’s home growing up, his parents still … Continue reading
I have a bad tendency to wax nostalgic over things that I knew in my younger days. I’m really not that old…how did this happen? Cartoons are an especially easy target. The cartoons of the 30’s were drawn more artfully, … Continue reading
There is an old story that I love that has been knocking around for years called “Acres of Diamonds”. Here is the story, quoted from the Nightingale-Conant website. I originally heard the story in one of Earl Nightingale’s courses. The … Continue reading
When I was a child and living in California, I remember my father having one of these old Renault Daphines. He bought it for 50 dollars and drove it home. It was black and it smelled old when it got … Continue reading
I heard on the news this morning that IKEA was in trouble for using forced labor (ie East German prisoners) in some of its factories in the 1980’s…presumably to keep prices down. I’m no East German prisoner…but my wife made … Continue reading
Part of being a parent is trying to take care of things that can’t be taken care of…like putting together a thrift store Lego robot for your 3 year old at 6 in the morning. It only takes about 5 … Continue reading