The Life and Times of a Navy Husband

Last month I decided to try an experiment to get myself writing fiction, again. It was two experiments, really, two hypotheses:
1. Since blogging seems to come easier than longer-form pieces for print, would it be easier to get through some of my writing barriers if I composed “in the cloud,” i.e. using Google Documents or [...]

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Saturday, Danielle and I finally reached our limit of politely telling strangers that Sean is not a little girl and took him to get his haircut:

We had gone to breakfast and then walked to Starbucks where we did our best to look like neglectful parents by letting Sean climb on the chairs while we read.
Then [...]

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I’ve had my Kindle 2 for a few weeks, so I thought it was time to do a preliminary review.
I forced myself to wait for the Kindle 2 to come out because I knew there were a lot of complaints about the first version, mainly regarding it’s crappy design.
And I’m really glad I waited, because [...]

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My new post is up at Milspouse.com, One-Car Family, No-Car Summer.

About a year ago, my wife and I decided we only needed one car. We live in town, making it possible to walk most everywhere, and until recently we were both working from home … But what am I going to do when Danielle takes [...]

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New post up at the Milspouse blog: Honoring the Commitment.

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My sister sent me the following e-mail review of Twilight, the phenomenally popular first novel in the series by Stephenie Meyer:
Twilight is a book about what to say to your girlfriend when you want to feel powerful. Presuming she’s already weak, you’ll have the upper hand even more than you already did in just [...]

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A few Saturdays ago, the whole Litchford family walked down to our local bike shop, Ten Speed Spokes, to get outfitted for summer.
Our primary purchase was the CoPilot Taxi, but we also needed a helmet for Sean, a mirror for Dad, a basket for Danielle, a kickstand for stability while loading, and a new pump.
There’s [...]

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Danielle calls it the anti-grocery store grocery store. I call it the Place Where We Go to Buy Snacks for Seanzilla That Don’t Have Too Much Corn on the Ingredients List.
For a long time I was really fascinated with the idea of Trader Joe’s because it was shrouded in mystery. It was this place that [...]

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There are lots of books that will tell you how to feed your kid(s) healthy meals. The one we use most often, and most successfully, is Jessica Seinfeld’s (yes, that Jessica Seinfeld) Deceptively Delicious.
Basically, the idea is to sneak veggies into tasty foods so the little ones don’t know what hit ‘em. There is a [...]

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