Go ahead, if you want...call us geeks or nerds. But yes, this is us (Alice and I) doing our weekly lawn mowing, edging, weed-whacking, c...

In a podcast I heard yesterday, a professional sportsman told a familiar story: early success, lots of money, a big house, supportive wi...

For a good two decades, I was flying as often as three times a month. In the terminal, I would see couples kiss and families embrace. I...

Although I am a huge fan of songwriter and singer, Christopher Cross (ever since the late 70s), this blog title references the recent Hu...

Not too long ago, one of my daily emails included a link to a beautiful, soothing, peace-evoking song sung virtually by 17,572 singers fr...

When my oldest brother became a grandfather, I felt proud of him...and then I felt oldish. If he's a grandpop, I'm a great uncle! His g...

"Your eyes are too big for your stomach." Although she didn't coin it, my mom was the first one I heard this phrase from. We were at the...

I subscribe to Instructables, an open-source website that features projects made from scratch or with ordinary objects lying around. It ...

My late father was in many ways a beautifully simple man. Despite becoming Master Chief in the Navy while working as a cryptologist in a...

I worked in Alaska for three summers in a town called North Pole. In the area, there were old mines that attracted tourists for "sure thing