Monthly Archives: October 2010

Guys, It’s Not Fun Anymore!

Guys, It’s Not Fun Anymore!

It was an innocent situation that escalated until it was out of control and had to be stopped.

 

At Last

At Last

On Labor Day we laid the first bead of caulk…

 

Enjoying the View on Herb Street

Enjoying the View on Herb Street

Laura and I went to Columbia, Missouri for the University of Missouri’s Homecoming celebration this weekend…

 

If You Say So

If You Say So

As young men, my Grandpa and his brothers were in the back forty for a rabbit hunt. They came to the fence at the edge …

 

What’s In a Name

What’s In a Name

But as these things often do, the answer presented itself at a moment when I least expected it…

 

Long Way Down

Long Way Down

Dad would then have to climb up to Tim and guide him, branch by branch, back down to solid ground.

 

Bird Dog Royalty

Bird Dog Royalty

My dog Indie is bird crazy. She got this way mostly because she was born to be bird crazy.

 

Seconds? Don’t Mind if I Do

Seconds? Don’t Mind if I Do

When his orange chicken, mongolian beef, fried rice and fortune cookies arrived he ate his fill…

 

Meaningful Surprise

Meaningful Surprise

Small details and characterizations climactically boomerang back together, tying the whole story together.

 

Ingenuity

Ingenuity

Aside from dinnertime, roadtrips and church, nothing brought the Atkinson’s together like… MacGuyver.

 

Cool and Kosher

Cool and Kosher

I noticed the cool pie was still on the counter, so I wrapped it in plastic and set it in the refrigerator.

 

A Big Lunch

A Big Lunch

Three minutes later she returned with a vending machine bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos…

 

On Purpose

On Purpose

Indie laid there sleeping in the same position she’d fell into two hours earlier…

 

A Changing Game for Changing Times

A Changing Game for Changing Times

From dusty little-league ball diamonds full of screaming kids, to the cool multi-million dollar industry of the big leagues, baseball is America’s pastime.