Happy Halloween! Even when I was a little kid, I was convinced that a Halloween costume should be scary. I don’t remember …

In the late 90s, my father bought a little cabin down the road from my grandparents’ house. It was a single room, decorated …

There are some things that I’m afraid to Google. You search for the wrong thing and then you’ll be getting all kinds of ads and …

The shower curtain rustles and leg slides out from the tub. Emilio’s toothbrush stops mid stroke. He’s frozen in shock for a …

Everyone is gone. It’s just me at the dogs hanging out at the camp. Some places, they would call this a cabin. Around here …

This is difficult for me to write. It’s not bad news. There’s nothing difficult about the topic I’m sharing today. It’s just difficult …

I drive a 2005 GMC Envoy. Once a year or so, I’ll pull up at a red light and there will be another Envoy next to me. I always turn to …

Tomorrow, bright and early, I have a dentist appointment. A cracked molar needs a crown. This ends my extraordinary …

I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that I’m having trouble rejoining the world. I was never terribly outgoing before the …

My sister and nephew are safely back home. They vacationed here for a few weeks this August. We visited the beach and a …

Henri is coming. There’s a tropical storm headed up the East Coast that might evolve into a hurricane before it hits shore …

When we were kids, we were allowed to ride the minibike out back at my grandparents’ house. They had a big field out …

Sometimes I write an email to myself. When I do, the subject is “writing idea,” which tells Gmail to tuck the idea away into a …

Thirty minutes is all I ask. After feed the dogs breakfast, the only thing they want to do is run around like monsters, knocking …

It was nearly the perfect heist. Yesterday morning I got out some supplements for Finn. He takes a big “chewable” pill as a …