“Why Sonja is an Amazing Mom,” Lucas & Lewellen Hidden Asset 2016
I rose early yesterday, wrote, and went to the chiropractor before going to Menard’s to pick up lumber and cement. I spent the morning working with DJ, who I hired […]
Author Archives: Mark & Sonja Gudgel
“Of chiropractic, therapy, and wine.” Pine & Brown Sauvignon Blanc 2017
I didn’t really want to have a haircut scheduled for 5pm on Friday night but Sarah, who cuts my hair, is really difficult to get an appointment with. I look […]
“I couldn’t ask for more.” Steele Persona Non Grata 2015
There’s something a little comforting about the occasional rare evening when Sonja is out of town and yet I somehow manage to collect the kids from daycare and feed them […]
“Planning to take over the world.” Shooting Star Sauvignon Blanc 2017
I recently accepted the head Cross Country coaching job at my high school, a mountain that I am eager to climb yet certainly requires substantial preparation. I’ve been an assistant […]
“Reading is…” Via Latina Vinho Verde 2015
I got home from my last meeting of the day and joined the family for dinner in the kitchen. Sonja had made pasta with broccoli and meatballs, and I was […]
“Won’t you be my neighbor?” Trujillo Madelynne 2016
I can remember from my youth an aging man in a cardigan sweater singing “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor. Won’t you be […]
“Keeping Pace at the Lincoln Marathon.” Saint Gregory Brut Rose’ N.V.
After almost two months of off-again on-again training, halted frequently by the reemergence of a partial tear in my right calf, I got through the last week of training without […]
“First Friday.” Purple Hands Pinot Noir
Friday was a day of firsts… Friday was a day of firsts, firsts for little Zooey or for the year, little milestones of one sort or another worth celebrating. For […]
“My big, fat, belated, hedonistic birthday.”
We had postponed my birthday dinner twice because both Sonja and I had been sick, but last night, nearly three weeks after I crossed the threshold into thirty-seven, Sonja and […]
“What we’re thankful for.” Locations WA5 Review
Outside our home, through the lead-crossed windows, each spring I watch the lone, scraggly tree in my neighbor’s yard blossom into an explosion of gorgeous lavender-purple. The neighbors in that […]
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