The Reluctant Grownup – Page 322 – Growing old gracelessly.

I Wonder What He’s Got That I Haven’t Got?

I’ve thought about this entry all week. It’s a problem one for me – because I – well – oh dear this is embarrassing – I have a sub-par smeller.…

September 7, 2007

Everyday Adventures, Like a Horse and Carriage

Grumpy

Phew I am tired. And grumpy. And I’m simply not going to grump here because no one wants to hear it. Besides I just had a Cadbury Cream Egg and…

April 5, 2006

Jack, Liam, New Orleans

A French Quarter Story

509 Saint Croix Street* – there we are. I stand in a lather of indecision on the damp, grotty cobbled street, while my six and eight year old boys fiddle…

January 15, 2017

Serenity

RG / January 14, 2006

This was his last Christmas. They’ve been telling him that for years, about 7 years in fact, since his sophomore year of college. This time, though, he knows it’s true. I don’t really…

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Hey

RG / January 8, 2006

Lyric for today: Workin’ 9 to 5 what a way to make a living And it’s . . .bum de dum . . . la la, It’s all TAKIN and no givin And…

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Christmas with the Wisconsin Fam

RG / December 27, 2005

A snapshot – My brother just finished pounding out made up songs on our piano (he is a gifted pianist, with the somewhat tiresome caveat that every piece must be fast and…

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Merry Christmas

RG / December 22, 2005

Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon My name is Francis Tolliver, I come from Liverpool.Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school.To Belgium and to Flanders, to Germany to…

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Whoops

RG / December 21, 2005

80s Lyric for Yesterday! In honor of piles of holiday cookies, fudge, sausage balls, coconut orange bars, cocktail weenies, and 7 layer dip, I give you – Duran Duran. In touch…

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