Soccer with Robert, or maybe not
Saturday was kind of a big day for our family. Robert was back on the soccer field. If you’ve known my family at any point in the past 16 years, you would rightly believe […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Robert’s Father’s Day gift to himself
We don’t make a big deal out of holidays like Mother’s Day or Father’s Day in our house, and we never have. A couple of funny cards, an inexpensive gift and a meal off the […]
School movies aren’t what they used to be
I get a feeling that school isn’t the same as it was when I was coming up. When I was a kid, I wasn’t the best student when it came to things like answering problems […]