NOTE: This is one of my Sanity Check columns, originally published several years ago in the Dayton Daily News.The shoes pictured are some of my ghost-busted practical favorites. Halloween is just around the corner, which means it’s time to do some ghost-busting....
Dear Reader: A Sanity Check Throwback–On Making A Gratitude List
Please note that this is a throwback to my Sanity Check humor column that I wrote for the Dayton Daily News. And, well, the photo is a throwback, too! Just a few days ago, my 11-year-old overheard me muttering: "I have this to do... and that to do... and...
Dear Reader: A Sanity Check Throwback–On Getting Lost on a Writer’s Retreat
Please note that this is a throwback to my Sanity Check humor column that I wrote for the Dayton Daily News. Since I wrote it several years ago, please note that this writing retreat did NOT take place during the past six months of COVID-19! But,...
Blue Suede Shoes (Sort of)
Dear Reader, I admit it; I felt a bit salty when our older daughter pointed out in a Skype call that I've been complaining about having trouble with find walking shoes--as in, practical tennis shoes--for years. Upon reflection, though, I had to admit... she was right....
Sanity Check: “Let Memories Unfurl”
“…I took the only sensible course of action. I joined my Great Aunt Cassie in a good old-fashioned cry.”
Sanity Check: “Interviewing” an Amoeba Regarding the Purpose of Life
Finding purpose… through an ‘interview’ with an Amoeba
A Corny, Ah-MAZ-ing Experience
Corn maze life lessons (with a generous dollop of humor).
Happy July 4!
Thoughts about community on July 4.
Dads Don’t Baby Sit!
Dads don’t babysit! But they can parent.
Let the Memories Unfurl
Emotions and memories on Memorial Day.