Author: Aaron Atkinson

Indie Rolls

Indie Rolls

She might as well be a seven year old kid facing at a four foot pile of Autumn leaves….

 

Trick or Trick

Trick or Trick

I’m home alone and the garage door just opened. It’s dark outside. I am not expecting company.

 

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…