by admin | Jun 16, 2014 | Defies Description
Yes, this was a week ago… but I really was in Canada when I wrote it. Editing it and posting, however, is back home, safe and sound. I am in Canada as I write this. For some, this is an unremarkable event. For me, it is fairly infrequent, but not because I...
by admin | May 26, 2014 | Defies Description
In the spirit of Memorial Day, I thought I’d share the letter my brother Jon wrote about his experience in Vietnam. This is written to his good friend Dennis two days after the attack, which occurred on March 4, 1968 in the Binh Dinh Province of South Vietnam....
by admin | Mar 24, 2014 | Defies Description
A couple days ago Kat and I were watching The Five People You Meet In Heaven. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a great movie. You want to be in a good mood when you watch it because for a large part of the movie, it’s a bit of a downer, largely because...
by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | Defies Description
There’s a war going on. No, I’m not talking about the one in Afghanistan. I’m talking about the one in my house. For several days now, a war that once was fought solely on the Dishwasher Front has boiled over. Enemy troops are now spreading far and...
by admin | Dec 9, 2013 | Defies Description
Many years ago I read the bestseller Looking Out for #1. I don’t know if you remember it. Hell, I don’t know if I remember it. I do, however, remember the opening of the book. The author painted a picture of our place in this big vastness we call...
by admin | Sep 23, 2013 | Defies Description
Carnival rides have always fascinated me. They are so thrilling and the ups and downs so unexpected. With a real carnival ride, you just never know what’s coming next, even if you’ve ridden it a hundred times. There’s always something different and...
by admin | Jul 15, 2013 | Defies Description
It’s fairly common knowledge, at least among my friends, that I have a thing about chairs. I suppose most of us do. Most of us would prefer a comfy chair over an uncomfortable one; a chair with a view over one that faces a blank wall. Pretty pedestrian stuff....
by admin | May 13, 2013 | Defies Description
It’s that time of year again. spring is here, the opening of Boating Day was a week or so ago, and I have the fever, boating fever. It’s not that I own a boat. I don’t. About as close as I come to having a boat is a ship’s bell and two oars. I...
by admin | Apr 22, 2013 | Defies Description
I have a certain knack. I am sure that it came to me via my dad’s DNA, for he seemed to have the same skill set. We both manage to regularly break things that are working just fine. Though I am still in a bit of denial denial, this certainly appears to be the...
by admin | Apr 1, 2013 | Defies Description
April is upon us once again. And in the old Zernutti household, there are the strains of anticipation and dread rising simultaneously above the chorus of our daily lives. While most people welcome the arrival of spring, we all know around here that the months of...
