Someone lived here, and life was epic-hard.
There’s a volcano in northeastern New Mexico called Capulin Volcano. It rises off the plain, and seems to stand totally alone atop the lava flow that came from it. But the volcano isn’t the…
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Crock Pot White Bean Chicken Chili
UPDATE- I made this amazing crock pot again on Sunday and got it absolutely perfect, so I’m fine-tuning this recipe and post. Strain all the beans, make the salsa medium, use Pepperjack cheese, and…
Angels at Kroger
Today I have a very special tribute to three individuals at Kroger whose names I dont even know. But you made a difference in my life, and I want to spend a minute acknowledging…
Icebergs – Kids Drink Recipe
Discovered something recently…You dont gotta be DiCaprio to become a hero to a pretty girl. Or her brother. All you have to do is start grabbing stuff out of your meagerly stocked fridge, and…
99% of life is just showing up.
My kids and I have been hiking lately. What began as a need to get out of the house uncovered the fact that my kids love being outside, hiking and climbing. And on our…
Stay the hell away from my daughter.
I feel sick. This post may end up being an eyeroller for some of you, and I apologize. But that doesn’t make this feeling any less real, or frightening. My wife approached me this…
A letter to my son.
Today is about you, my friend. I want to tell you some things, things that you probably won’t understand until you are much older. Maybe you’ll even be a Daddy yourself when you feel…
Flank Steak Recipe From A Childhood Memory
When I was a kid my mom (or me mum) used to make the most amazing flank steak recipe…I carried the memory of it all through my life. A really vivid memory of that…
How This Hot Mess Got Started.
During a recent bout with morbid curiosity, I spent some time with a Life Expectancy Calculator, trading facts about my physical and mental past for…a number. A number which absolutely plays into the category…
How to fight a speeding ticket.
Long overdue for writing a post with actual words rather than just clicking a camera, I know. Not that you care. echo echo echo So recently I beat a speeding ticket. Or as some…
Mash Dogs. Cheesy Mash Dogs. Whatever.
Even though I’ve been eating these since I was a kid, my daughter and I can’t figure out what to call them. They never had a name growing up, but you would think that…
The hottest girl in a very small school.
I first kissed a girl in 1984. Not the book, the year. True to some Orwellian prophecy however, people watched me do it, and I was confused and terrified the entire time. Now you…