Don't ask any questions!
The kid comes dashing into the kitchen."Where's Mom?" she asks."I'm right here," she answers, coming into the kitchen."Mom! I need a shovel! You do, too! Come on!" The kid turned around and went...
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Where we were.
Where we were Originally uploaded by Garrett2. We wanted to ride to the ridge where the west commences. More soon and then a valedictory address.
View ArticleSeven hours and twenty minutes of emotional tumult.
OK, I'm really going to leave this blog alone, but the kid got her first pet this afternoon after school and it was a goldfish she named Belle. We all loved Belle. My daughter was heard to comment, "I...
View ArticleThree and a half hours of gastric tumult.
Giving up the blog would also deny me an outlet to mention that it's 1:00 AM and that since 9:00 PM my wife and my daughter have both been throwing up in a series of relentless spasmodic gut-flushing...
View ArticleEmpty bellies and full heads.
Everyone seems to have reached the point where alimentation has become less problematic. Though I will admit that I am no longer quite so cavalier about sleeping on the floor as once I was. And between...
View ArticleA conundrum hatched from the fertile mind of my child.
"What kind of monster is white and walks around?" asked the kid."Uhhh, I don't know," I said after a period of judicious consideration. "What kind of monster is white and walks around?""A sheep!" she...
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Mister Weenie time!
Mister Weenie time! Originally uploaded by Garrett2. On the way home from Illinois after Thanksgiving we stopped for lunch in Peru, Indiana. I noticed a sign at a restaurant advertising t-shirts...
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Area man obtains new book truck, shop.
New Book Truck, Shop. Originally uploaded by Garrett2. Pseudo-rationalist that I am, I have always been strangely susceptible to fretting about the jinx, portents and the evil eye; I was for...
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Hey, Hairy Man!
Hairy Man cartoon Originally uploaded by Garrett2. Thanks to public school kindergarten, which has whetted my child's appetite for writing her own stories and gags, that whole pall of minor...
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Hanging out the shingle.
New book shop sign Originally uploaded by Garrett2. Or at least I plan to hang out the new sign for the shop -- the battery on the drill ran down before I could get too far on the project. (My...
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