my life in dog-years

Every few weeks, my computer or my phone pops up an image I took “on this day” over the last … More

Rainy day training

Saturday was going to be a busy day of outside chores; next weekend we have a crew starting concrete and … More

memories

One of my earliest memories I can still somewhat recall, is riding in a car with other kids. It was … More

of dogs, dreams and high school poetry

I can still picture “Igor Pugachev” in my mind, though he has likely been dead more than twenty years. I … More

soupy nostalgia

Having an early lunch with my wife at the Bread and Cie bakery in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, … More

it’s a digitally small world after all

A surprising Messenger text I read a week ago had been waiting on a response for nearly a week. The … More

Perception

Noises that were probably a couple of firecrackers disturbed Dexter Saturday night. He spent a few minutes trying to curl … More

Lessons from D-Day

Seventy-six years ago, more than 150, 000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy or parachuted in from the … More

monochrome parent

Going through my late father’s and late mother’s papers, photographs, old letters and my childish “artwork” she preserved, is a … More