Our friend, Ruthie, loved crossword puzzles, and she hates bridges. So when she’s riding with us and there’s a bridge, she knows what to do. She covers her face with her crossword puzzle book until it’s over. I’ve teased Ruthie about this a...

Our little granddaughter, when she was little, oh what a Mickey Mouse fan! So I got her a big helium Mickey balloon. It had gone through three pretty distinct phases. First, Mickey was totally flat and folded up into a little square. Then the lady at the store gave...

This might come as a surprise to you, but athletes often have egos as big as their biceps. One way I’ve observed that is that I used to take a lot of pictures of our local high school football team. And I would ask my youngest son, “What happens when we...

Okay, I admit I’m a history guy. I stop at President’s houses and all these places like that. My poor kids have gone on more tours of places: Revolutionary War, Civil War. And, of course we’re going to stop and see that. We’d just come back...

I’ve been to South Africa several times. I love those accents, but not when they’re talking about an inspirational sports icon killing his girlfriend. You may remember some years ago there was a lot of fog about what exactly happened, but what we do...