Happy Birthday, Grandpa

Today would have been my Grandpa’s 90th birthday.
I don’t have many things from my Grandparents’, just the piano, some small books, and my grandpa’s chair.  I see him sitting in it sometimes.  He tells me not to smoke in the house.  He would have loved the dog.  James loves his chair.  It’s his favorite place [...]

Help me, those who google better than me

I was driving back into Minneapolis today and was following this car who had an ad for their business on the back.  It was a web address that included the name “Maureen” and the tag line was “organize your office, your home, your life!” or something like that.  And I think the website was something [...]

Not as observant as I thought.

I’ve lived in the same house for over five years now.  While I was out walking the dog in the backyard today, I realized that there’s a cord for a hammock attached to one of the trees, and a ring for it in one of the others.
The last five summers I’ve thought to myself, “man, [...]