Month: January 1996

It was one of those mornings – weeks. The computer obeyed my command to take a picture of the Sunday crossword puzzle. But, when I asked it to move a section of the copy up an inch on the page, the computer honked its disapproval. I tried again. The computer honked politely five more times.…

Yawning as I stumbled through the house, I wandered out to the kitchen to start breakfast and read the morning paper. As I entered the dining area, I bumped into our small bookshelf. Sometime after I went to bed, it had moved sideways from its place in the carpeted area until it was hanging over…

With a house full of children since the day I married, I’ve learned to tolerate the critters they call pets. As long as the pets kept out of my way, they could stay. I haven have fed some occasionally. Especially this fall when my last son went off to college and left behind his only…

My mother always admonished her five children to “eat what is put before you, especially when you are company. Don’t make any complaints.” She stuck with the ordinary, standard dishes, thoroughly tested and well liked and only served milk or water for beverages. (I know that is going to be hard for a southerner, brought…

I gotta do it. I gotta be a better parent this year. A couple of weeks ago my daughter was practically begging me to be more attentive to her, especially in respect to discipline. I did not see any need for discipline that evening. We had the house to ourselves for the evening. She had…