For a long time I’ve been hiding my writing career from most friends and acquaintances. Well, not exactly “hiding” it. Just… not publicizing it. I’m not sure why. Perhaps I felt I didn’t belong. Maybe I wasn’t so sure whether I wanted to be a professional writer.
When my daughter told me she wanted to … Continue reading
My family was lower middle class. I went to good private schools, but that was it. We could buy food, lived in a good apartment, and had health insurance. Everything was all right. Vacations were extremely rare, but it didn’t bother me: we lived on a coastal city, and I only had to cross the street to get to the beach–which I did every day. Not bad. So, my family had all the basics … Continue reading
So, after the trapeze lesson, I was soaring (pun intended). I was still smiling and comparing notes with my friends when I got a call on the ride home: “The parakeets flew away.”
I came crashing to the ground.
My daughter had taken the birds outside, and they had been faster than her. She was already feeling guilty, and she can be super-hard on herself.
I was crushed. When … Continue reading
Do you push your boundaries and try new things? Do you really know your potential? I rarely stray from my comfort zone. Last Saturday, I did something I didn’t know I had in me.
A friend of mine got tickets for a fun activity and invited my wife. However, Wonder Wife gave her spot to me. I didn’t know what to expect. I mean, trapeze lessons? I thought it’d be like a kid’s … Continue reading
If you don’t follow sports, you might not know this story.
Derrick Rose is the Chicago Bulls point guard. He was the #1 pick of the draft in 2008, and he won Rookie of the Year that season. Until September 2010, he was really good. However, few people counted him among the top ten players of the league. He certainly wasn’t a superstar. He is reserved. He doesn’t display much emotion. He’s … Continue reading
Welcome to the WANA1011 Blogfest Awards! Last year, the amazing Lynn Kelley, in one of her moments of insanity, awarded me the Versatile Blog Award. Thank you so much, Lynn! It means a lot to me.
For the past few weeks, fellow WANA1011 classmates Karen McFarland, Louise Behiel, Jansen Schmidt (aka Patricia L. Rickrode), Ginger Calem, and I have … Continue reading
Last year I stumbled upon a holiday tradition familiar to hockey fans in places like Calgary and Portland. It’s a friendly competition between minor league hockey teams. On a special night, fans bring teddy bears with them to the game. After the home teams scores its first goal, fans in the stands start to toss stuffed animals onto the ice. Thousands of them! The play stops for a long stretch, while players and … Continue reading
Author of Young Adult novels, family man, gamer, “runner,” geek, kindle hugger, coffeeholic, SCBWIer, x-men hopeful, district 3 tribute, hufflepuff, daydreamer.
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