Retiring Guy

Except for Andy, it’s basically a lazy afternoon. JoAnna is stretched out on the couch channel-surfing, Eddie is watching TV in the kit...

I’m using a different approach in this letter. These “news reports” are written in the third person, as if I’m some unbiased observer. ...

Thank God it’s Wednesday! That exclamation will give you an indication of how busy this week has been already. A year ago, JoAnna and I...

Yesterday was a day of frequent interruptions at work. I made a quick midmorning trip home to retrieve some meeting notes on my desk. M...

Here is another letter with yet another font style. Microsoft Word, the word processing program I am using, offers more than 50 choices,...

Once again I have only the dimmest memory of the specific circumstances of going to bed last night.  How far into Nick at Nite's even...

#4 on the Billboard Hot 100 I get an early start to the day after a week's vacation.  The only surprise is that one of the sliding gl...

Today I think about tomorrow, taking a day off work and getting into some long overdue yardwork. I also think about leaving work early, bu...

It feels like we’re sprinting to the finish line of the school year.  Not that I’m in any particular hurry to get there.  The boys probab...

Never on the Nelson/Richard TV viewing schedule JoAnna calls me at the library during the day to inform me of the latest version of her w...

TIME I'm on cloud nine throughout the day.  We don't get to bed until after one on election night and my Mexican jumping-bean b...

The New Yorker However, staying asleep remains a major challenge.  In some ways, I'm more concerned about the second day's perf...

            Who's the more forgetful person in this picture?             Andy left for Milwaukee around 12:30 on Wednesday, afte...

Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992 As a result of weeks and weeks of avoidance, I'm forced to spend as much work time this week, Eve...

TIME Andy is still determined to give his dad as much grief as possible.  To get him out the door and into the car, I have to prod him ...

It’s the lazy part of a Sunday afternoon, the overcast, dreary conditions making me almost want to hibernate, but I want to feel produ...

Dad's first day of kindergarten Whiitier School, Great Falls, Montana From the level of nervousness I was trying to suppress, on...

A springlike day has us in the mood for household chores.  We take apart the crib and rearrange the boys' room.  Then, so we'll ha...

I crave a little variety in my life.  In an effort to pry Andy away from the TV, I suggest we go outside and build a snowman.  He hesitate...

Andy decides to be difficult this morning.  He just doesn't want to get dressed.  As I'm sitting at the kitchen table and reading...