“If I wear a black suit and tie tonight will I be overdressed?” My friend Todd texted me this question yesterday afternoon as Sonja and I were getting ready for […]

Our kids are as different as can be. Zooey is strong willed and obstinate. If  she doesn’t like it, she doesn’t do it. Case in point, eating her broccoli this […]

Looking at our children, I’m sure you can sort out who dressed whom this morning without much help. For the record, I did purchase a matching Chiefs shirt for Zooey, […]

“Hey, you didn’t quit blogging, did you?” The message popped up late this morning after I hadn’t posted anything in almost thirty hours. I guess that’s the problem with committing […]

Yesterday, out of the blue, I heard from a former student with whom I hadn’t communicated in many months. She sent me this: The young lady who sent this to […]

  Cheers! There are some things that, when the stars align, make life easier and more pleasant to live, things that when they are as they should be, make it […]

“Zooey,” asked Sonja, immediately to my infant daughter’s right, “What would you like for Christmas?” “More pasta!” came her emphatic reply. In thinking about what I’m grateful for, I’m grateful […]

I woke up this morning and my abdominal muscles winced in pain. I did do some crunches and some planks during yesterday’s workout but… not that much. Last night, our […]

Titus at dinner with his grandparents last night. My colleague, normally boisterous to the point of being a little irritating from time to time, looked dejected. Inquiry revealed the reason […]