Anna was tracking a stray, brown cat that we saw through the back door. Then its paw prints suddenly disappeared. I wondered what happened. Rather than investigate, I chose to fictionalize where Brownie ended up. Spoiler alert: he
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The University of Iowa Bumblebees
Amy and I were playing Ticket to Ride. Amy was black. I was yellow. Amy commented that we had bumblebee colors. I said it was Iowa Hawkeye colors. Amy asked why the Hawkeyes weren
Don’t Pick Up Abandoned Pancakes at the Park
Will borrowed my American Eagle hoodie to wear to the Phipps Prairie Park in Silvis, IL. Later, he told me he used it to pick up a pancake he found and toss it into the woods. I was mad, but this burned out like a single spark. How mad can you be when your son […]
As for Me and My Horse
My father-in-law, Tim, created a piece of string art years ago that hangs on a wall in my wife’s old room. In addition to the geometric shapes created from stretched strings secured by crafting nails, the piece presents a secondary use for said crafting nails: a Biblical saying (Joshua 24:15), formed from bunching the crafting […]
Dadlard
We were in the market to buy a home recently. During the process, somebody sent me an email with an address that started out dadlard@whatever.com. Whatever.com wasn’t the actual name of the domain, but given the unimpressive motivational mindset of someone who uses dadlard as their email pre-fix, acceptance of whatever as a lifestyle is […]