My parents had a very stoic take on childhood imagination. There’s no Santa, my brother and I were told plainly. No Easter Bunny. No tooth fairy. No God. If we wanted to be creative we could practice chemistry. Or physics. Or study geods. I’m not bitter. I look on my parents’ lack of ability toContinueContinue reading “Happy (Santa) Holiday 2015”
Category Archives: Family
Auntie Sonya and Baby Max
The Nuance of Socks
While I’m still very interested in blogging about mental health, I gotta take a break. An important break. A break to talk about socks. My socks. See, this weekend I am doing a full wardrobe eval. Three hours ago it started as a simple attempt to divvy up the contents of my dresser into: KeepContinueContinue reading “The Nuance of Socks”
Prepping
We’re not preppers, but the case of MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), the water filtration kits, the neatly packed tote with three days worth of a variety of roughing-it supplies in our basement might lead you to believe otherwise. So might the incredible number of free-standing, light-producing units (such as mag lights, headlamps, lanterns, tableContinueContinue reading “Prepping”
Car theft
My brother’s car was stolen out of the lot where he works about a month ago. He (drove) a Honda Civic and it was not the first Civic to be stolen out of that lot. It was nearly 14 years old! but I guess it’s true what they say about Civics holding their value becauseContinueContinue reading “Car theft”
Davison Schryer’s Headstone
I know some of you followed the story of Davison Schryer, who ran away from home at the age of 14. Here is his headstone. Thanks to his grandson Bob Manthei for providing it:
My Dad
My dad is in the hospital with heart problems. If the doctors can get him stabilized he’ll come home today. Warm wishes his way, everyone.
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