Thanksgiving Day, In Four Part Harmony.

It’s dark in the room where I sit. The quiet surrounding me is peaceful, it makes me contemplative. Everyone has gone to bed, while I savor the moment. The sound of the clock in the kitchen taps steadily, marking the progression of time as the second-hand sweeps a white face. Thanksgiving day has passed, somewhere some manic shopper [...]

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Is It A Green Trash Day, Or A Yellow Trash Day?

It makes my wife so mad! “Don’t you listen to me?”
I do listen, I just don’t remember very well, there is a difference! Usually it’s something as simple as remembering what night she said she would be teaching First Aid/CPR. Is this the week we put out the trash can with the green lid? Or [...]

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Looking Out For Potholes.

We have returned from the lunch date with my son and his wife. As we sat across the table I could feel a sense of unity between the two as we discussed their dreams and plans for the future. He wants to get a home some day, nothing fancy a fixer-upper. She wants to go [...]

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Parental Hopes, Dreams, And Illusions.

Lately I note the passage of time with birthdays, holidays, and events. Tomorrow my wife and I will be going out to lunch with our oldest son and his wife to celebrate his birthday. On Monday he will be turning 26 years old. My G-d what the hell happened to the time. I still remember him [...]

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A Belated Veterans Day Acknowledgment.

November 11, 2009; the day came and went without much consideration for me. Traffic seemed lighter than normal, the radio may have even made mention of it. I was too busy caught up in my own world to give it a second thought, Veterans Day. Some government buildings were closed and parking in downtown Denver was [...]

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Memories Of Allspice, Cloves, And Family.

Has any one noticed the frenzied leap from Halloween straight to Christmas? Like the Pole Vaulting Event at a Track and Field meet, we costume up for an evening of haunting and tooth decay, make our way down the runway, set our pole and end up staring Christmas in the face. What ever happened to Thanksgiving? A person needs time to acclimate to peace on [...]

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Never Forget The Final Farewell.

The conversation went something like this. “I’m going to bed can you set the alarm for 5:30 am? I’m going to the gym in the morning.”
I grunt some kind of affirmation, as my wife walks down the hall to our daughters room to confirm their departure time to the gym. The program on the television has [...]

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Fifteen Inches Of The White Stuff, Snow That Is.

Last week it was fifteen inches of snow, school closures and the office was shut down, it was early for that kind of snow to hit Denver. Today it’s 65 degrees, heading toward 70 for the weekend. Colorado weather has got to be some of the most unpredictable around. Never a dull moment. 
I’ve been re-miss [...]

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