Category Archives: Family Time
Yet Another Morning Entry
It’s eight in the morning now, and I slept up till about an hour ago, so I am feeling pretty good. Out of bed, dressed, down the stairs, loo, kiss the wife, clear the ash out of the woodstove, load … Continue reading
Doing the Dishes
It’s Sunday morning. I got up around six, before the curtain of night began to give way to the hot winter’s sun. It is stabbing now, killed the night and lights every corner outside, trying to find its way into … Continue reading
My Best Friends
In the 1980’s, when I was a teenager boy, my grandmother took me aside on more than one occasion and told me that the thing my mother did wrong with all her kids was to be a friend, rather than … Continue reading
Christmas 2024
Well, another Christmas Day has just come to a close. The kids were home with their wives and kids, and we all had a good time together. The new little babies were there to give me an appreciation of the … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2024 – Daughters & Granddaughters
I finished White Nights. The girl waited three days with the fella, then just as she tore her heart out and decided that she could love him when her man did not return for her after a year, and the … Continue reading