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Yes, he’s a REALLY CUTE puppy…seriously cute. He comes to us, via one of the clerk’s in Dennise’s court, whose dog had a litter about six weeks back. To the best of anyone’s knowlege he’s part labrador, and part terrier. In other words, an “original.” (see a short movie of Scruffy) We still have our […]
Read MoreSunday afternoon, Maria and I went down to the park at the end of our block. It’s a small city park, with a nice little playground. She rode her new “Razor” scooter down there. She wanted to go so she could do the monkey bars. I can remember when I had to help her with […]
Read MoreYesterday was a work day, and so today is the day that feels like New Year’s to me personally. It’s always funny when New Year’s falls on a Sunday. A lot of the Sunday stuff gets pushed to Monday. So, I’m half-watching the Cotton Bowl right now, dong this writing, and looking forward even more […]
Read MoreThe past few weeks have been absolutely crazy-busy for me. That adds on to the past two months that were also, by themselves, crazy-busy. That’s a whole lot of busy-ness goin’ on…. But, this week, it slowed down some, and I was able to get our yearly e-Christmas card done. For those unfamiliar, it’s been […]
Read MoreAn update on this. Had my appointment Monday with my dermatologist, who also happens to have graduated high school with my mother in Atlanta, Texas. He removed what was left of my small “bcc.” He said there wasn’t much left, actually, and that he thinks he got it all. Wants to see me in a […]
Read MoreGot a call from my dermatologist today. It was good news and bad news, I suppose. The bad news is that I have a skin cancer. It’s a basal cell carcinoma. From everything I read, this is mostly good news, if you consider anything about cancer to be good news. Although I won’t really jump […]
Read More“Who knows how long this will last Now we’ve come so far, so fast But, somewhere back there in the dust That same small town in each of us I need to remember this So baby give me just one kiss And let me take a long last look Before we say good bye” — […]
Read MoreIt seems to me that one of the things fathers do for their kids is to teach them how to risk. If the stereotypical role for Mothers is “nuturing” (and note that I’m calling this “stereotypical”) then the stereotypical role for Fathers is to push their kids to risk and face their fears. Take our […]
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