Anyone that knows me knows I love movies. I even have this uncanny ability to find something worthwhile in most bad movies. Chick flicks. Action. Drama. Documentaries. Children’s movies. Westerns. Musicals. I love them all. I’m not the guy that can recite movie lines or remember all the characters or actors but I can always [...]
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Author Archives: Chuck
A monolith of slight proportions
The tree had been dead for quite some time I imagine. Maybe longer than the five years we’ve lived in this house. Its trunk decayed to the point where I may have simply stomped the remains into the ground. Life has been interesting lately. Troubling. Worrisome. The uncertainty of the United States economy is largely [...]
Falling stars
We’ve had a recurring issue in our house the past couple weeks and it involves a perceived shortage in underpants. Let me explain. Ava, the four year old, has taken to changing her undies several times a day. She’s been potty trained for a good year now and she hasn’t been having accidents. The best [...]
A letter of intent
My son signed his NCAA Letter of Intent today. He’ll definitely be playing football at the Division II college of his choice in the fall. It happened at his high school just as lunch was beginning. The athletic director brought a couple of chairs from his office and set them behind an old folding table. [...]
If you’re feeling grumpy …
… well, that’s ok. We go through these phases in our home when songs are king. Just the other day my wife was picking up Ava from Pre-school when the teacher pulled her aside. Never a good sign. Teacher: Do you know that Ava sings a lot? Wife: Yes. She sings all the time. Teacher: [...]
a tightening of harmony
I feel bad for her. Since Tessa arrived her world has turned upside down. Ava is as full of life and imagination and wonder as you would expect a four year old child to be. She sings through most of her day and dances through the remainder. Her mind and mouth constantly moving as she [...]
Nothing much to say
I’ve started writing posts for this site a dozen times in the past week or so and have not been able to finish one of them. I’d like to finish them. Really I would, but everything seems to take either time or money and this particular task is requiring more time than I have, or [...]
Resolution: a decision to do something
I rarely partake in the whole new year resolution tradition. Many times it just feels like an opportunity to set oneself up for failure. It’s much easier to attach the label “work in progress”. With all that said, I am going to resolve a few things for the coming year. Some of this has to [...]
