Bite Me!
I love summer. And guess who else enjoys these balmy August days? The local mosquito population! When I step outside, if there’s a mosquito within miles, it will start heading in my direction — as […]
Dear Lord, I want to give thanks to you and Mother Nature for the spring pollen that caused my mother-in-law’s laryngitis. Her inability to verbally criticize me and the new golf clubs from my wife […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK With the purchase of a brand new lawn mower, only the third new one I’ve ever bought, I said goodbye to my conservative lawn mower. (So named because it stopped […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK This time of year, as leaves turn to glorious multicolor, steamy hot days of summer vanish, and autumn decorations go up, I can often be found … crying. […]
I MISS… Middle Age: It used to be that when asked my age on a survey, the options were something like this: 20-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-80 […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I had a chance to watch my grandkids playing in Albion’s splash pad the other day, and it took me back to my childhood: Jumping in the water, splashing around, […]
Spring has finally given Winter a well-earned kick in the groin and sent him flying back to the North Pole, where he will have to wait his turn to have fun with us again. Spring […]
Dear Summer, Don’t go. What can I do to convince you to stay? You’re my favorite season of the year, and I’m sad to see you go. I keep trying to convince you to stay, but apparently I […]
We might all scream for ice cream, but I scream the loudest because I fricking love ice cream and I’m also super competitive. Either way, I’m proud to be an ice cream screamer, even if […]