Laguardia. This was the first time I ever had flown into New York. Leaving my first Spirit Air flight (more about that later), I wondered what NY would look like to me now, it being more than 20 years since I had last been there (with Justin and Mike on the train from DC). This [...]

Every trip is unique, and with Great Grandpa Edwards along at 80, this would prove to be an epochal journey. Or epic, maybe. At any rate some random thoughts, some thoughtful, some silly, some indicative of my own unreliable narration. 1. Good coffee is good coffee, and brewing a pot of Kaladi Bros.’ Red Goat [...]

When Sebo visits, we play certain games. One of them is called, Throw Everything Off the Couch That I Am No Longer Interested In. When Sebo talks, he manipulates his tongue to make new, delectable words; one of these is, “srshhrrssrrrrsrhh.” When Sebo is in town, all there is to do is wait for him [...]

road in America? The path by which the solo artist, thinker, dreamer must escape the status quo and shift the momentum to the nether side of creative and transformative living and learning that refuses to accept pat answers and artificial solutions? Reaching beyond stereotypes, the already-is, the repetitious, the ongoing, the accepted norm, the trite [...]

This is an amusing cartoonalogue of one man’s love of coffee from youth forward. It’s by Christoph Nieman, and if I could draw, I’d elect to have his whimsical brush strokes as my own. Here’s an example: “Once, after a grueling all-day design conference at a university, I was invited to dinner on campus. To [...]

We are decorating. We have emptied out the basement of Christmas things to examine for their worthiness to be so set upon our mantle and elsewhere, things I call them—ornaments, Santas, painted houses and Christmas gas stations—we did not even so much as get out last year because of (1) being in San Diego: (2) [...]

SERIOUSLY THANKFUL FOR NOT SO SERIOUSLY, BUT STILL THANKFUL THAT Pumpkin (and not Mincemeat—whatever that is) became the pie of choice at Thanksgiving! The Browns don’t play a 20 game schedule. Katie Couric doesn’t do sports. Nothing in Soccer can be said to symbolize heaven; purgatory, yes. Pushing Daisies was given so much time to [...]

Hi everyone–it’s the 4th of July! And we are celebrating with a backyard BBQ with home group and friends, and family, 4-7PM. It appears there will be no rain. The grass is cut, the tables are set, the croquet and badminton are on their way. Two grilles, no waiting! Wave those flags, boys, wave those [...]

We sat, as usual, in the Toledo airport Tuesday morning, awaiting our “12:10” flight. The ever faithful Shelby dropped us off at 9:40 for our 12:10 flght. But the plane that would take us to Atlanta left Atlanta late, so, of course, we are getting to spend more time in the waiting lobby. Weather-related no [...]

Congratulations, JUSTIN. One of our teams finally won (again). Go Eli! And, Casey, maybe this heals the wound a little. Watch “Perfectville” le menu: Matt’s Cincy Chili Dip Buffalo wings with Roscoe Sauces (courtesy of Minnetosan Kevin) Macaroni and Cheese (via Stauffers’s) Spicy Tortilla Soup (The Tracey-Debbie-Shelby-Joan model w/some extra garlic and cilantro via Bruce) [...]