The protagonist of Watership Down is a rabbit named Hazel. Undersized and lacking in strength and speed, he nevertheless leads the rabbits from the doomed Sandleford warren to safety and…
My wife came home with this book today: The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat On Your Man (in the Kitchen): Hiding Healthy Foods in Hearty Meals Any Guy Will Love!…
I found this in my closet this morning. Apparently my daughter is bestowing concerns about weight and body mass index upon her toys. She’s growing up so fast.
I often claim (with excessive pride) that I have introduced my wife to more positive things in her life than she has introduced to me. Television shows, friends, activities, locales.…
My wife and my daughter were in the car behind a motorcycle rider without a helmet. My wife was explaining to Clara how dangerous it is to ride on a…
An article in the Wall Street Journal entitled School Reform, Chicago Style described a school district’s policy of providing habitually tardy and absentee students with a wake-up call each morning.…
Each night, as she listens to my wife read to her, I lift my daughter’s tiny feet from my wife’s lap and kiss them. She smiles at me. Sometimes she…
The relatively young, previously healthy tree in my front yard appears to be dying for no discernible reason while the identical tree about twenty feet to the left is perfectly…
I distrust convenient names. For example, does anyone else find it a little too convenient that the fastest man in the world is named Usain Bolt? Bolt? C’mon. Doesn’t this…
When my children are is old enough to understand, I am going to offer them some advice in regards to ideal spousal identification. My friend, Kim, tells her children that the most…
