My oldest son dutifully plucks out the notes to Amazing Grace as he practices his guitar lessons. While I'm astounded by his natural propensity for music, he sometimes makes mistakes. When he does, his first inclination is to scrunch up his face Continue Reading
Bug Fixes
I have a love-hate relationship with technology. As long as it does what I want it to, we are fine. Unfortunately, when it asks me to do something, I get flustered. Software updates throw me for a loop every. single. time. Just when I get Continue Reading
Whitewash
Does he really think that is going to make a difference? I pondered this as the salesman demonstrated his company’s new cleaning product on my son’s old sneaker. The sole was flapping. The rubber was peeling. The laces were frayed. The toes Continue Reading
Finding Control in Chaos
Every couple of years the Army awards a contact to a moving company that will come and pack up all our worldly possessions and move them to the next place we will call home. As with many business transactions, the winner is usually the lowest Continue Reading
Change Me
Change is hard. Just ask anybody who learned to type on a typewriter how they feel about the reemergence of the one space after a period rule. I have had to retrain my right thumb to strike that long space bar key just one single time from the Continue Reading
One Good Thing
I doubt I was alone in making some decisions to eat healthier, exercise more and generally take better care of myself at the start of this new year. I impressed myself for the first 4 or 5 weeks, making good choices and exercising what felt like Continue Reading
