wake up laughing

I woke up this morning to the sound of raucous laughter. Sparrow must have been having a good dream because she was laughing her head off. When a little baby is sleeping 10 inches from your head, it’s not hard … Continue reading

alone

Nate looked at me the other morning like he was studying something, and then he said, “you’re all alone”. I asked him what he meant and he told me “you’re all alone because both your parents are dead”. Good grief. … Continue reading

Little Teddy

Bedtime is hard. Not “all the time” hard. Just hard sometimes. I’m not talking about my bedtime. My bedtime is easy. When I get to go to sleep, I don’t fight it. I relish getting to go to sleep. I … Continue reading

they played that song again

I used to have a radio kind of like this. It wasn’t exactly like this…but most of the radios that I had looked kind of like this. I didn’t have a set or even a single earphone or headphone….but I … Continue reading

don’t judge a life

I heard this song by a songwriter that I’ve enjoyed for years the other day. ” Don’t Judge a Life (by its end)” John Gorka   Here’s some live John Gorka that I found…. The songwriter who wrote the first … Continue reading

highly illogical

Man….talk about typecasting. Even if you knew that it was “Leonard Nimoy” singing….you couldn’t help but think, “Hey….listen to this Spock song that I found!” I worked at a little radio station….or in the basement of the chapel….however you want … Continue reading

more of the same

My routine is consistent. Up between 4:30 and 5….roll out of bed as quietly as possible so that I don’t wake anyone up…turn on the computer so it can boot up while I’m in the kitchen….pad downstairs past the other … Continue reading

the dog that pulls the cart

Sometimes, I see a video or read a book and think something along the lines of “I should be….” or “I wonder why I didn’t….” or “maybe….if…..” . What I do….is “what I do”…..I don’t think that there’s any confusion … Continue reading

I live in a house

Here’s another freakout “Peter’s eyeing that spot down by the river again” video. No….it’s not like that. It’s not like that. I don’t chafe at the harness like that…..I don’t have anything to escape. I live in a house. But…..these alternatives … Continue reading

“extremes distort perception”

I don’t comment on things people say on Facebook very often….unless it’s to say something so transparently silly that it might be amusing….but not usually offensive. When I interjected the comment “extremes distort perception” into some friend’s conversation a while … Continue reading