All this talk about deer hunting reminds me... The following story comes from 1989, when I was 12 years old.  If you're offended at a ...

Might I remind you (CLICK HERE before reading any further) of a story from last summer, one in which my dad made reference under his breat...

Cousin Jacqui from Texas came up to visit!  You may remember her from such stories as the 'Tuba Tutor' .  Her mom (my auntie Betsy) ...

Did you think I would forget, Kelly?  p.s. Some people think turning 40 offers an air of dignity, decorum, class perhaps.   ....

Sometimes I make up words.  It's not on purpose or anything; I just can't think of the right one sometimes.  So the other night at t...

When my auntie Julie was a little girl, there was a kid named Conrad who lived down the road, and all the neighborhood kids took to callin...

My cousin Jacqui takes an elderly woman named Mrs. Osgood into Austin to have therapy about once a month.  She is the properest of propers a...

My dad and I were bear hunting when I was 14.  We were sitting up against a hay bale.  I was oddly quiet, and ol' Hal was wondering why ...

"A hill, a steep hill, made entirely of carpet laid upside down, that I can slide down, naked." -My niece Hanna, after a partic...

My dad bought a grader from the distant past.  In fact I think it drove here in the DeLorean.  It cost $500.  And it's sole purpose is t...

Family Day, Week 3.   I went fishing with 'The Bickersons' on Lake of the Woods.  They caught three small saugers and I caught not...

I haven't been posting every day, but folks, there is SO much going on up here in the north woods.  For example: (and this is straigh...

My mom and I finally opened the last few boxes from the move, which were all of her framed family photos, and arranged them in her bedroom. ...

I got to go fishing on Lake of the Woods the other day with Jim Riley, who owns and operates Into the Wild Adventures .  He books fishing ...

I'm still getting over a nasty cough, so today I drifted in and out of consciousness until 1pm. My mom was downstairs watching the weird...

Dear Ryan Gosling, are you sure you won't reconsider my dinner date invitation? I know I probably called you at a very busy time...what ...

Another set of comparison photos, if I may: This is last year's bad haircut, (a result of trying to trim-up in foreign countries): ...