My friend had her first baby at forty-three after about 10 years of trying to conceive, several miscarriages and one baby that had to be aborted due to fetal hydrocephalus that had already eaten the 4 month fetus’ brain away.  I totally understand her over-zealousness in trying to make everything perfect right down to the [...]

Recently, we visited a friend who had been growing vegetables at home in her backyard.  It started as her child’s science fair project and spiraled into a new family pastime. Seeing how the children enjoyed watering, caring for and picking the vegetables, she decided to plant a garden full of healthy offerings and options for [...]

One of the guys from my office, James, whom I know only casually despite working with him just about every day for the last five years, had a built in gas grill at installed at his new house. He’d been trying to finish building it for almost two years, but problems with financing and contractors had [...]

I am not a barfly, but there is a fun bar not too far from my house that has occasional special events that are a lot of fun. For example, last month they rented a couple of those big goofy sumo wrestling suits that they zip you into and had sumo wrestling for prizes. It [...]