Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Boys of Summer

The Boys of Summer

When I was a kid my Dad took Tim and I to see the Blue Jays play at the SkyDome in Toronto.

 

Please Take Your Seats

Please Take Your Seats

On a recent walking tour of historical Philadelphia, we came to Christ Church.

 

Chinese Checkers

Chinese Checkers

I use the analogy that working on so many projects at one time is a bit like playing Chinese Checkers.

 

Yardplay

Yardplay

But there is one job that I undertake a few times each year which feels less like work and more like play…

 

Cucumbers

Cucumbers

I keep an 8×8 foot raised garden in the backyard.

 

Bright Idea

Bright Idea

The ladies were talking about the upcoming wedding…

 

Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty

Laura and I recently ate dinner with my cousin, his wife, and their three young girls.

 

Check That

Check That

I stand in line at the checkout at my local Bass Pro Shops.

 

When You’ve Gotta Go

When You’ve Gotta Go

The cause of the chatter was a gang of neighborhood kids engaged in a rowdy game of four-square.

 

Playing Dead

Playing Dead

What do the Royals and a possum have in common?

 

Deported

Deported

Have to make nice with the guys who have the power to deport us foreigners.

 

Nostalgic in August

Nostalgic in August

I remember running around the meadows and creek banks. Topless and shoeless, toes squishing through the black muck.

 

Have Faith in Bob

Have Faith in Bob

And in the end, it’s perfect.

 

Melting off the AC

Melting off the AC

And strangely, for about five minutes the searing sun of the Kansas summer isn’t hot.