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June 2017

June 30, 2017

Off to our Independence Day celebrations

To celebrate a wonderful and blessed country. Are we still worth celebrating? Probably. It always...

June 18, 2017

Happy Father’s Day

To my Dad, and to my wonderful sons. I've been blessed (though perhaps...

June 12, 2017

A shout out to our new graduate

And a shameless display of his awesomeness. The proud papa and mama couldn't be happier...

June 03, 2017

Off to graduation week

I know, with the Paris agreement, and I'm walking away from my blog for the...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

Memorial Day Weekend

Since my Mom is home and doing better, we're planning a rather extended family celebration....

May 14, 2017

Happy Mother’s Day

To all the moms out there, as well as those who without the biology still...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

Update and observation

First, thanks to everyone for the thoughts, prayers, and emails. My Mom is doing better....

March 2017

March 16, 2017

Another brief hiatus

It's midterm time here at Griffey academy. That means I'll be busy for a few...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

Happy Birthday Dad

You would have been 87 today, a respectable age for any Ohio hobbit. Unfortunately, Alzheimer's...

February 22, 2017

As Lent approaches

And life accelerates, I've decided to turn off the political blogging for a season. I came...

December 2016

December 24, 2016

Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year

I'd like to thank everyone who comes by my blog and those who enrich it...

December 10, 2016

Yes it’s another Birthday weekend!

December is busy for me. Right now, I'm trying to keep up with a Patheos...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Some thoughts on Halloween

Since I became a Christian all those years ago, I've run into a variety of...

October 19, 2016

Movies to scare by

Speaking of Halloween movies, some years ago Simcha Fisher wrote a piece about movies she...

October 18, 2016

Yes, it’s another Birthday celebration

We've got millions of them. Our oldest is finally becoming an adult in the real...

October 07, 2016

Busy weekend

It's off to the Renaissance Festival, then yet another local Festival, fun Halloween season excursions,...

October 05, 2016

How we usher in October

This year we waited until October, though as the piece says, in years past we...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

It’s almost here

My most favoritest time of year! It begins with Fall, the best season of all, and...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

A necessary interlude

A pause from blogging to celebrate our second boy's 18th birthday. As of tomorrow, we have...

July 2016

July 19, 2016

Gone tomorrow

My youngest's 7th birthday is at hand! Tomorrow is the big day. I typically keep...