The clarion call for a teenage boy
I picked up Robert from work around noon Saturday. “I’m going hunting with Jeff this afternoon,” he announced when he got in the car. “Jeff got a new truck this morning. He’s coming to pick […]
2016
What not to say to your wife when the wrinkle cream commercial comes on
I’ve been married for 21 years. Overall, they’ve been 21 good years with the typical sorts of hills and valleys, but I think Jean would agree that if we could go back in time and […]
The dog that smelled like steak
As long as there is a microwave oven and a freezer with frozen meals of some kind, Jean and I have done a pretty decent job of raising sons who are self-sufficient in the kitchen. […]
Broken glasses and plastic cups
Several years ago when my youngest son was still in elementary school, I banned him from using glass containers for hydrating himself with fluids. Robert, it seemed, had a drinking problem in that he couldn’t […]
Harrison gets a puppy
When you’re looking for someone to blame, you don’t need to look any farther than my wife. I suppose it was about 17 years ago that Jean absolutely defied the commands of her husband. I told […]
Win a signed copy of Four Things My Wife Hates About Mornings
Just to say thanks to the readers who are consistently coming to the website each week, we’re going to give away two signed copies of Rob Peecher’s book “Four Things My Wife Hates About Mornings […]
Chicken tenders for dinner
Jean had some kind of thing she was going to the other evening – some Christian motivational singer or a fundraiser for some kind of charitable thing or something. After 21 years of marriage, I […]
Shooting at yellow jackets
A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine invited me and Robert over to his place to shoot some of his guns. One of the many great things about living in the rural South […]
Broke down in Harrison’s Jeep
Harrison was still at the beach Friday morning when his little brothers and I decided to take his 1990 Jeep Wrangler to run a couple of errands. As I noted in my column last week, […]
Extending Harrison’s vacation
Our oldest son went to the beach this week. It’s a deserved vacation. For the last several weeks Harrison has been working three part-time jobs. He’s been doing really well in college the past couple […]