Lessons from the trail: Cow sex is like marshmallow roasting
“This is a very good sleeping bag,” I said to Harrison. “If I lend this to you, you must bring it back to me. Do you understand? You must bring it back to me.” “Sure, […]
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Day hikers and trash leavers spoil the trail
A mile into the hike Tuesday, we had seen so many people we decided to count them. Before the day was over, we would see 50 people. Not often enough, I get my three sons […]
Publix on Wednesday with snow in the forecast is no place for the young
It’s no secret that I hate going to the grocery store. I’m like the guy that worked at McDonalds in high school and now won’t eat a Big Mac for supper. In high school 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Pokemon Go gives parents another reason to worry
My introduction to Pokemon Go came a few days ago when my oldest son tweeted a screenshot of a website where a 40-something year old man told the story of going out hunting Pokemon at […]
Field Marshaling at the Oconee Cup
I’m not sure if the by-laws of the Oconee Cup require that it be held on the first really hot day of the summer or if the Old Farmer’s Almanac determines that the first really […]
Do not leave your pants on the kitchen table
The other morning I put on a pair of pants to go to a meeting. Before I walked out the door, the meeting was canceled. The pants were still clean, so I took them off […]