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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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…
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…
I had a sister named Tara.
She started a life full of promise. She was bright, infectious, funny. And then she started down a couple of bad paths, and they led to a couple more. It soon became clear 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…