Titus has been excited for Halloween for a couple of months now, and Zooey has joined in his enthusiasm… more or less. She likes her parrot costume. We think. And […]
I looked up yesterday from my desk to survey the classroom that my practicum student — who is excellent, was teaching about poetry. A corner full of boys were gathered […]
By the time I changed clothes, we picked the kids up from daycare, and we sat in traffic on I-80, there was barely time to eat dinner at grandma’s house […]
Just a quick note this morning. Last night was amazing, if pleasantly uneventful. I got home from my last meeting of the day around 5:45, and Sonja was making dinner. […]
On the way to pick the kids up from daycare last night, I drove past a Nissan something-ma on its roof. There were two police cars there, lights on, and […]
I signed up for the Des Moines Half Marathon last Sunday, a week prior, after receiving a favorable report about the weather. I realized afterwards I’ve done so much pacing […]
My friend Matt reads this blog. I’ve known Matt for almost twenty years. I call him Batman as an inside joke from college, or else I call him by his […]
The package, wrapped up in tinfoil and shoved into a corner, appeared upon my desk, unexpected, like so many other wonders. It’s shape revealed it to be either a bottle […]
Sunday, I could have complained about a lot. I could have complained that it snowed and sleeted and dropped ten degrees while I paced a half marathon. I could have […]
As you might imagine, yesterday was especially tough on a Husker fan and, if I’m being honest, I didn’t handle it well. The lone thing I did right was wait […]
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