The official passing of the torch occurred last night. It wasn't when I would wake up in pain from nothing more than sleeping, it wasn't that I now actually get cold in the winter time, or the fact that in less than a month I can put a 4 in front of my age. It was... Continue Reading →
2019
I just wanted to take a second and thank all my readers for an incredible 2019. I wrote 65,863 words in 2019 with over 10,000 views. One of my stories was read in 52 different countries in 2019. Are you fucking kidding me???? I wanted to say from the bottom of my heart if you... Continue Reading →
December 26th
My favorite day of the year usually is December 26th. There is just something about that day after Christmas lazy day... Don't get me wrong though, I love, love, love spending Christmas eve with family and all the traditions that go into that and also Christmas day. I love that my kids are older and... Continue Reading →
Twas
Twas the night before Christmas and we gathered at our favorite place And watched Uncle Colin shove shrimp into his face Lobsters danced in the kitchen while the steaks marinated The wine and the beer won’t stay very refrigerated The house was filled with pretty little girls in their dresses and shoes Uncle... Continue Reading →
Teenage Wasteland
Something about today felt a little different. I cut my workout a few minutes short because I wanted to see my family before they all left for the day this morning. Okay, was I just subtly bragging that I go to the gym, maybe. But, it's important to the story I guess. Anyway, I pulled... Continue Reading →
50
My daughter sent me this quote the other day. "Forty-three years old, and the war occurred half a lifetime ago, and yet the remembering makes it now. And sometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever. That's what stories are for. Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are... Continue Reading →
On a Farm
I've been listening to this song recently about a guy who stumbled onto something he was good at. He never knew he was good at it, and was only doing it for fun. He started to get a little money or publicity from it, but the guys who had done what he was doing their... Continue Reading →
The House
When does a house become a home? Is it when you mount a tv on a wall, or add a sectional couch, or when you update a kitchen and add in beautiful new countertops? It's stuff that is in millions of homes. What makes yours unique? 90 Union Street’s story starts with a balding man... Continue Reading →
Move In
As he woke up and started the coffee maker he looked out the window and smiled. He could hear the sound of the rain pounding on the roof and he could almost feel it moving to the gutters and down the side to the little drains he had built many years before this day. He... Continue Reading →
10 Minutes
We NEVER get to sit and have a family dinner with just us. Just myself, my wife and our two daughters. Everyone is always so busy. My wife never stops moving. Going from work at one job to the next or meeting with my daughters cheer gym as she is one of the "team moms"... Continue Reading →