Author Archives: James

I decided that I’m going to post 366 noteworthy events over the next decade of my life. Since this decade will last 3,652 days, I feel that 366 is an appropriate amount as it comes out to about one event … Continue reading →

As my fifth decade of life draws to a close this week, I want to spend a blog post itemizing some of the biggest achievements of the last 10 years. Kids On the day I turned 40, my oldest child … Continue reading →

On Monday, June 2nd, I attended an end-of-the-year picnic that Emmett’s elementary school holds annually. It was his antepenultimate day of school and, at 12:30, a bus drove the kids to a local city park, and I met them there. … Continue reading →

Yesterday, the kids were whining that we never go anywhere. That’s not true…but thanks to COVID I am limited in where I can take them. So, today, I told them to bundle up because we were going somewhere. I decided … Continue reading →

When a new life dawned on me (or, maybe I should say “when a new life smacked me in the head) early last year, I took the opportunity to wallow in sadness. I laid around, with all due pity, and … Continue reading →