Back when I was a boy my father used to take me fishing on Flannagan Lake. One year he bought a portable spotlight that had a million candle power! That thing was so bright that on a dark, cloudy night you could shine it up in the air andContinue Reading
I am pretty sure I traumatized a little girl last night. I imagine she went crying to her mother after our encounter. My new cell phone doesn’t have all the settings right and has done some strange things. Yesterday I sent a text to one of ourContinue Reading
We are always looking for something a little more exciting, a little more stimulating. As a young man I put that into action when it came to church. I went around looking for worship that was a little more upbeat. A little more loud. From stage bandContinue Reading
Most of you know that I am a computer gamer. I have been since I was a young man. My parents got our first computer when I was around eight years old. I learned to program it in Basic. Then we upgraded to a computer that had actual gamesContinue Reading
I remember as a young man seeing video of a volcano for the first time. The lava was flowing down the mountain into the ocean. When it touched the water, it roiled and exploded. Such raw power, such destruction! I was filled with fear that such aContinue Reading
We often judge people based on our own vision of them. I had a neighbor once who was a cranky old man. Everyone warned me to not only stay away from him, but to keep my kids away from him too. One day I walked over andContinue Reading
The eldest of four is moving out today. She ventures into the world to experience it from a different perspective. I remember doing the same thing shortly before my eighteenth birthday, though I did not move very far away at that point. Like my parents, I’ve triedContinue Reading