• Careful What You Wish For . . .

    The back pain has settled into a dull, constant ache.  So maybe I preferred the ache-free, sucker-punch-at-any-minute stage more.  I don’t know.  The dull ache sucks.  But it’s an ache that aches in…

  • The Debt Ceiling

    . . . is not going to be the topic of this blog post!  Wa-hey!  Did I trick you? Many of the updates in blogs, facebook, email, legal tabloids, and what-have-you are regarding…

  • This Is Not A Post About A Wedding

    I’m in my parents’ kitchen in Nashville, dropping crumbs of chocolate chip cookie into my baby son’s mouth and monitoring the doneness of some pasta boiling on the stove.  I have begun a…

  • Idyll Interrupted

    On July 15, the day after that last post, I took the boys on another amazing bike ride.  We waved at train conductors, truck drivers, and shipmates, and I marveled at how cool…

  • Wooking for Wions

    Our morning activity today was another long bike ride.  I’ve discovered a long, straight, mostly flat path along the mighty Mississip, and I rode along it for a handful of miles today, towing…