The Reluctant Grownup – Page 96 – Growing old gracelessly.

Twenty-Twenty-Two

What punishments of God are not gifts? From my vantage point on the couch I can see the clouds moving swiftly outside – “scudding” I would say, if I were…

January 1, 2022

Navel Gazing (and I Don't Mean Oranges)

Lent

I was drawn to this article recently, as I pondered what to give up for Lent. Giving up for Lent was a thing I used to really get into, even…

February 19, 2015

Sometimes I Get Hepped Up and Think I Know a Thing or Two

Initial Thoughts

Both the liberal and the conservative reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden are irritating me. We are irreconcilably divided in this country, and it’s never more obvious than…

May 2, 2011

Disney World Day One in Pictures – Magic Kingdom

RG / October 19, 2013

We loaded the children, double stroller, suitcases, Halloween costumes, cases of Gatorade and Minute Maid fruit punch, boxes of fruit snacks and granola bars and cereal, and my trusty new birthday camera into…

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Hard Landing

RG / October 16, 2013

We just returned from a trip to Disney World with the boys and my family. We were there four days, with a day of driving on each end, and it was a great…

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Sunday

RG / October 6, 2013

Yesterday, Jack and I went hunting for birds. He really wanted to take a picture of one, to send to his grandmothers. As you can imagine, a five year old is not the…

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Karen On My Mind

RG / October 5, 2013

Tropical Storm/Hurricane Karen is churning its way toward us. The Professor had planned to be out of town on a much-anticipated trip West for a wedding, but he stayed. He had to make…

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A Little Superhero Redemption

RG / September 29, 2013

My jailers redeemed themselves yesterday . . . sort of. We are in Day Nine of the poverty — paychecks have come in but not cleared, so the money is tantalizing me from the…

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