Drop off… — We dropped Nola off at camp in Wisconsin today. She’ll be gone for a month. We hope that she has a great time and makes lifelong friends. Everyone was so damn friendly. Every single checkpoint someone was waving and smiling and wishing us well. The whole place smelled of deep…

I don’t go out. I don’t seek extracurricular entertainment. I don’t make new friends. A small part of me blames the pandemic, but a much larger more realistic part of me blames me. I’m fine with the people I know, the friends I have, and being a homebody. I’ve turned…

Life is about showing up, but also timing… I’m walking with Bruce this morning. We’re about to pass the bakery. They must not open till 8 because there’s a large family waiting in front. Maybe it’s an extended family, or two families. There are several kids all about 8–12. …

Ok, a little bit of a rant here. A few weeks ago I saw a video of some dude shooting up a pack of beer. It was on my phone, I didn’t look too closely. Dude appeared to be a rando dumbass loser. Of course there’s lots of rando dumbass…

wake up sit up  in bed crack my neck stretch my back ankle bites as i walk to the bathroom flip on the light adjust my eyes  stare in the…

My mom passed a little over a year ago. As a family, we’re still trying to deal with the void. Especially my dad. He often has a thousand yard stare and… uh. I should say before continuing that this is NOT a sad post where I’m trying to garner sympathy…

For dinner I had lasagna. I made it myself. Meat and cheese and spinach. Tomato sauce. It was delicious. I mean it was really good. I added extra meat and cheese. And while I was browning the meat I had a few test bites. Maybe more that a few. …

It’s been SKATING SKATING SKATING these last couple weeks. And this last week was even worse. Nola was skating two/three times a day with me running dinners over to the rink in the evenings. We even took her out of school early a couple days so she could get to…

Saturday, early afternoon… Judah was playing with the boys across the street. Nola and Pam were at the Ice Show. The house was quiet. Then the mom from across the street showed up with her three boys along with Judah. She had the littlest one in her arms. “Hi,” she…