As is usual in our life, we\’re at another money crisis point. It seems every 3 months or so clients either refuse to pay or pay incredibly slowly, and typically the higher the invoice, the longer they take to pay. We’re down to about $262. I would like to say I’m calm, but I’m not….

My least favorite season is winter. Winter in Ohio. Winter in Cincinnati. If the days and months were filled with snow (and occasional sun), I’d sense a glimpse of relief. Endless days of cold, darkened sky gray wears upon me like a burden. With snow there is brightness, and silent comfort; even amongst the umbrella…

One can watch in wonderment and amazement at how creative children are if you just stop to look and listen as they play, not with bought toys, but with found objects. Yes, I have found that kids just don\’t need much to entertain themselves and perhaps the less they have, the more creative they are…

You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Do you understand? Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand? Yes; I understand, and I understood this at the age of twelve or less. In my family, there was the reality that our…

I know much (well, all really) of what I post is very domestic and bland daily life rambling, but this is what I’ve become. A father. A husband – working at home, struggling, striving, learning, laughing and crying through the grand experiment of life – guided by our inadequacies, failings and faith that God has…

I just downed a few nips of NyQuil, and now am just waiting for a glassy haze and some rest. My whole body is a quivery, shivery, achy lump. The feeling that everything is not quite real, or happening. Sounds seem similar, yet old and worn, like a memory; and I half expect to walk…

We’re our last evening at mom and dad’s houise. It’s been a pretty tame, uneventful week. Minus the lack of sleep on Elliott’s part (and thus, ours too), it’s been an indoor, hang about time. We took Mike to P.F. Changs for dinner — very enjoyable. Some Kung Pao Chicken, Orange Peel Chicken, Mongolian Beef,…