Travel
There’s No Place Like Home
One day in the not too distant future, when I have more than three recreational hours in a row, I would like to travel the world. I want to go…
BOOK REVIEW: The Poet of Tolstoy Park
The Poet of Tolstoy Park: A Novel (Reader’s Circle) I wasn’t sure if I was going to write a review about this book, because I wasn’t sure if I liked…
My Airport Adventure — Part Two
This is the second in a two part series. For part one, click here. When we last left off, it was fiveish in the morning, and my son Jacob and…
BOOK REVIEW: Write to Grow
Write to Grow by Colleen Walsh Fong. I’ll come clean on a few things before this review: 1. I don’t generally read business advice books. Corporate speak phrases (such as…
Under Caffeinated
My children, who are both naturally smart and talented at everything they attempt, not to mention extremely good looking and kind to animals, both were on teams that qualified for…
BOOK REVIEW: Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery (The Chet and Bernie Mystery Series) by Spencer Quinn Dog On It is the first in a series that is lengthier than…
My Own Personal Summer
There is a joke we tell in these parts so often that it couldn’t possibly be funny anymore: if you don’t like the weather, you should just wait 15 minutes. Such…
BOOK REVIEW: A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard
A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard Jonathan L. Howard, that is to say, Johannes Cabal, is at his best when in Hell. The literal Hell, not the figurative one.…
The Inherent Value of Suffering
Recently, my family took a road trip to visit my parents in Ft. Myers, Florida. We’ve taken this trip many times. It is about six hundred miles, door to door, mostly…
BOOK REVIEW: The Language of Flowers
The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Much of my career as a lawyer has been dedicated to issues related to children. So often; children get lost in…
