I didn’t have coffee yesterday until mid-morning, and as a result, I committed bad parenting multiple times, all in the space of an hour. I blame the coffee’s absence. As the small people breakfasted, I remembered that my first grader was supposed to bring something in for what I guess could be called “Show and […]
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Embarrassing Moments Should Be Shared
This is one of those stray stories from many, many moons ago that popped into my head the other day, and, as I may have mentioned before, it is my firm belief that my embarrassing moments have at least some redemptive value if I can share them and make you laugh a little. So, here […]
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Another Weekend At The Beach
We went home again this last weekend. I have to tell you, and I apologize for the recurring theme here, but the water and air temperatures Saturday and Sunday were every kind of perfect. In case you are wondering, this is the best time of year to visit coastal Carolina. I highly recommend it. However, […]
I’m Spending Saturday Night Inventing A Rocking Beach Chair
I have this problem. My favorite chair in all the world is this one. All the wear and tear on this one is from love. Well, and salt water. But my favorite place in the world to sit is here. Sadly, the rocking chair does not work especially well on the beach. I don’t know […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part IV
The phone rang, and rang, and rang. And then we got voicemail, so we left a message. Later we received a return call, and the realtor promised to forward us listing information on the properties we had found. The listing information never arrived. We waited, hoping we’d get a packet in the mail, or an […]
The Real Housewives of Walmart
So, I was at Walmart last Friday, and what do you know? Without meaning to, I had myself an experience. Walmart was my last stop of the afternoon, and I had exactly 12 minutes to spare before I needed to be on the road again to pick up the boys from school, so my motions […]