I suspect, though I’m not terribly driven to think hard about it, that I initially got into the wine industry for what were likely somewhat self-serving reasons. As a writer […]

Faithful imbibers of my written word, ranging in degree and severity from the morbidly curious to the ineffably addicted, have surely noted a decline in production on my end this […]

“Daddy,” Titus asked, walking into my office as I sat perched at my computer, hammering away at the keys. “Yes?” I responded, perhaps warily, braced for another question he undoubtedly […]

This has never happened to me before — okay, at least not in a very long time. It’s late Saturday night, or rather, I suppose it is now early Sunday […]

Sonja worked in Iowa yesterday, a two hour commute from our home, and will be back there two more times next week. At the same time, the school year and […]

I spent my morning in meetings, and later working on getting my room ready to teach in this year. If you read the blog a few days ago, you should […]

This doesn’t need to take long. Tonight is the night before we go back to school, an elongated process by which fully-fledged adults are eased gently back into their work […]

Today, my wonderful wife Sonja turned… well, never mind the details. Today was Sonja’s birthday. I find her so curious, yet so admirable, in that she almost always wants for […]