Shoes, Post-It Notes, and the Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team
Living examples of resourcefulness and grit.
with Roberta Sarver
Shoes, Post-It Notes, and the Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team
Stallin the Beater Van
Raising Kids with Character
Cousin Rufus and the Board of Education
No Regrets
Cousin Rufus on Junk Mail
Dogs and Fireworks: A Match Made in Hades
Words We Utter That Make Dad Shudder
Cousin Rufus on Early Exits
Navajo Code Talkers: Quiet, Tough, Resilient
Letter to My Adult Firstborn
What the Baby Books Didn't Tell Us
A Bushel of Lemons
You Might Be a Hoosier If...
Their Last Chance
IF Dogs Could Text
Why Women Carry Purses
Cousin Rufus Gets a Letter
Cousin Rufus and the New Normal
Old Maxims, New Twists
First Father Facts
Fairy Tale Marriage Proposals Still Exist
God's Special Agents
Stuck in a Power Outage
Cousin Rufus Ponders Progress
Granddaddy's Ten Rules For Livin'
Mental Floss and Truth Decay
'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas
Surviving Christmas Visits with Young Children
Angels on Interstate 80
Male Guide to Christmas Shopping
Black Friday Restitution
Thanks Living
How to Be Your Child's Lie Detector
Introverts of the World, Unite!
Cousin Rufus "Settin' the Atmosphere"
If You're Sick, Don't Tell Your Friends
Columbus Day: Fact or Myth?
Finding Buck
Hearing Loss: It Helps If You Laugh
Texting Bloopers
I am a wife and mom who also happens to be an English teacher and a newspaper columnist. And, I am the daughter of one of those armchair wits.
During my childhood, as we sat around the supper table—we were country people who called it supper—our dad told funny stories about things that happened to him that day. And, often he punctuated them with comments about human nature.
It is in tribute to those wonderful insights that I offer this blog, which may make you chuckle and say, “Been there; done that.”