by admin | Mar 29, 2012 | Growing Up
As a kid, I loved The Jetsons. I guess every kid did back then. We were all living at the dawn of the space age where technology held the promise of solving all our greatest problems. While I’m still waiting for the day when I can take a pill that tastes like a...
by admin | Mar 27, 2012 | Growing Up
Growing up kind of poor but not knowing it, I always got to live through my friends vicariously, who would go on a big family vacation to Disneyland or some other theme park each summer. Our family didn’t seem to ever have the money to travel far, and even if we...
by admin | Mar 16, 2012 | Growing Up
I don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Sorry, but I’m not Irish. Not even a wee bit. One of my best friends who is from Belfast doesn’t celebrate it either. So at least I am in good company. That is not to say I haven’t had my share of...
by admin | Mar 5, 2012 | Growing Up
I used to like to get to school early. Actually, I like to get to everything early still, be it work or an event. There are simple reasons for this, at least simple to me. When I was in the working world, I would get to work an hour early so that I could enjoy some...
by admin | Feb 23, 2012 | Growing Up
For as long as I can remember, I have had a huge vocabulary. While I would love to thank the public education system for it, they didn’t really help much. Instead, I must thank my brothers. Before you think I’m going to get all mushy here, let me explain....
by admin | Dec 20, 2011 | Growing Up
When I was a kid, there was no such thing as a mall. The closest thing we had in Renton where I grew up was Sears. There, you could not only shop at Sears, but several smaller retailers and Newberrys. As a kid, that was pretty cool. Two big stores without even getting...
by admin | Nov 21, 2011 | Growing Up
When I was a kid, my father tried to teach me how to do things. You know, the basics: How to ride a bike, fly a kite, tie my shoes and swim. Either I wasn’t a particularly good student or by the time he got to son #4 his patience had simply worn thin. I think it...
by admin | Nov 8, 2011 | Growing Up
Ah, fall is in the air. The leaves are turning, rustling in the winds of autumn. The cold has returned once again, nippy nights that tell you that it’s time to pull the sweaters out and find your mittens. Well, not here in Florida. But still for a Northwest guy,...
by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | Growing Up, Pirate Adventures
Yesterday, I stepped into the past. It’s not the past that I remember, but a different version of it that is the present. Still, it was pretty cool to do that. The visit to the past began at what used to be the TNT Tavern. It’s no longer there on Admiral...
by admin | Sep 26, 2011 | Growing Up, Life Lessons
When I was a kid, my house was backed by woods. Today, they would call it a greenbelt. We just called it “the woods.” The back half of the yard was wooded, which led to the cliff, which led to May Creek – one big forested backyard. The wooded part of...
