Ten years ago today I married the most wonderful woman I have ever known:
The start of the journey.
It wasn’t a huge wedding, just immediate family and a Justice of the Peace, and there wasn’t a huge reception, but it was still one of the greatest days of my life. It hasn’t always . . . → Read More: My wife and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary.
After listening through the whole thing and doing a couple of minor edits here and there, this episode has been uploaded to the server and is ready for listeners. Despite a distinct lack of topics this time out we still managed to talk for a grand total of 2 hours and not-quite 12 minutes. We . . . → Read More: Episode 3 of the SEB Podcast is now online!
My mother took a fall today and broke one of her legs. It looks to be a pretty bad break and she’ll probably be in the hospital for a few days as they sort out what to do about it. I don’t have a lot of details at the moment, but as soon as I . . . → Read More: Momma is in the hospital.
In what is sure to be painted by the religious far right as another sign of how America is going to hell in a hand basket, 73-year-old Theresa Collier was arrested in Florida for slapping her potty mouthed granddaughter:
Technically Momma turns 75 tomorrow, but we’re celebrating a day early because it’s the one day everyone has off and can gather at her place. I can never put into words just how lucky I was to have her for a mother. Especially compared to some of my friend’s mothers or just some of the . . . → Read More: Happy 75th Birthday to my Mother.
Because I’ve been busier than usual the past few days and haven’t been able to post much so here’s a roundup. Thursday night Anne and I went to see Jonathan Coulton live in concert at The Ark here in Ann Arbor. It’s a very small venue which meant even sitting in the very back row . . . → Read More: This post will say nothing important.
Courtney left back at the end of May to spend the summer with her biological mother in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to get reacquainted with her. She told me she’d be back in August after her birthday to return to school at WCC in the fall. I was nervous about her spending three months away from . . . → Read More: It’s 2AM. I can’t sleep. My daughter is leaving home.
Well that flashback to the 70’s was so popular that I thought I’d do one for the 80’s. This pic is from a Christmas morning circa 1985 or ‘86. I was probably 17 at the time.
Somehow we got around to discussing the 70’s on the live video feed and I felt compelled to dig out and post the following picture of me, my mother, and sister from some time in the 70’s. Fear the plaid pants:
My younger sister Cindy had a birthday yesterday and I completely forgot to post a Happy Birthday Wish like I had intended to. All through the day there was something in the back of my head prompting me that I was forgetting something, but I couldn’t put my finger on what. Then when I logged . . . → Read More: A belated birthday wish for my little sister.
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