A rerun per my July 5th, 2009 note to you all. Edited. Originally posted September 19, 2005. * * * * * * * * * * Tears A woman I know has a little girl who was about 3 1/2, maybe 4 when this happened. The daughter had done something disagreeable — I don’t [...]
Update: In answer to comments I’ve received on the blog and in my mail – this project will continue through the rest of the school year. The kids will be happy to receive post cards whenever they come in. And, thank you in advance from the kids. This request comes from WADLL reader, coworker [...]
So, there we were at the Indoor Pool in Surrey, British Columbia (Canada). It’s a nice pool, large, clean and it has a big kiddie pool as well as a hot tub. It doesn’t cost a fortune to get in and the children enjoy going there. It was probably around 9 p.m. or so and [...]
I’d picked Samson up from school and we were on our way to get Jack. “What’s that?” he said, turning toward me a pointing toward my face. I took a look in the rearview mirror and said, “Oh. That’s a bit of ketchup. I stopped by McDonald’s on the way to get you.” “No. Not [...]
A rerun per my July 5th, 2009 note to you all. Edited a hair. Originally posted September 2, 2005. Jack was about 4 or 5 years old. I don’t recall where we were. It could have been the kitchen, it could have been outdoors. In any case Jack need to show his mother and me [...]
Diane and I were scheduled to work the 8 to 11 a.m. concession-stand shift during a basketball tournament at the local Catholic High School. I know what you’re thinking, My God, Delmer! You could not have rolled into Canada much before 2 a.m last night, which your body would have thought was 5 a.m. How [...]
When we left off last time, Samson and I were putting some new parts on his bicycle. We got to the final part – a new rear wheel – and the bolts were too big to the slots they go into. While I was pretty sure there wasn’t much we could do, aside from order [...]
Every man eventually knows the feeling. To many of us it happens more than we’d like to admit. You’ve researched, priced, planned and maybe drawn a diagram or two. You’ve ordered your parts and they’ve arrived. Everything is going together just as it should. And then you come to the last piece. The item you [...]
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We’re getting a bit of snow today. How much we’ll get, I’m not sure; I keep hearing different amounts. Additionally, it’s not due to get above freezing until next Thursday, which should put us right around 10 days of below-freezing weather. (I still go out, in the morning on snow-covered ground, barefoot, to start the [...]
Once again, it’s time for my favorite Christmas video. From December of 1998. Technorati Tags: Christmas,Beallsville Ohio
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