Yesterday, I had a beer-related epiphany: summer must be over. First, I was bringing a six-pack upstairs for the weekend, and I looked at my remaining bottles of Bell’s Oberon and thought, ‘I need to finish those up. It’s starting to feel like fall outside.’ Then, I picked Danielle up after work. She had gone …
The folks over at Military Spouse magazine have been publishing more of my stuff on the website, for those of you few readers who might be interested. One of my recent columns—on home schooling, which I don’t do but have thought about for when Sean is a bit older—ruffled one reader’s feathers, I’m proud to …
How is that Sean always seems to be able to sense just when I’ve finished making a pot of coffee and have sat down with a book or the computer, picking that moment to wake up from his nap? Or, maybe, the question should be, How is it that I always manage to fritter away …
…I go a month between posts. I do have an update on the way, though. Never fear.
The Stand by Stephen King My review rating: 4 of 5 starsGreat book. King knows how to write a very good yarn: his characters are well-defined, sympathetic, and believable. He also knows how to draw you into the story, into the world. He provides enough detail, but not too much. And he’s never boring. At …
So this afternoon I stumbled across the beginning of an essay by Jonathan Franzen that I really wanted to read in full. The academy as nursing home for terminally ill arts: better that the novel die with honor in the gutter than enter those gates, where candy-striped theorists will offer it the illusion of warmth …
Rabbit Redux by John Updike My review rating: 5 of 5 starsUpdike can be hard to read. You have to commit. But if you commit, you won’t regret. The plot of this book, like Rabbit Run, simmers slowly and builds organically to a very satisfying conclusion, and along the way, you get to experience whatever …
Sean and I have been traveling this week and visiting Danielle, and the confines of a hotel room (actually a room in the bachelor officers’ quarters where Danielle is staying for her training this summer) have acted like a pressure cooker. I’m so much more aware of the bad habits he and I are developing. …
It’s like getting addled, caused by spending too much time with a toddler. I have a new post up at milspouse.com/blog: “Adult Conversation.” The other day I was explaining to my wife Danielle on the phone that Sean (our 17-month-old) and I had discovered two new monsters in our presence. One was the Washcloth Monster, …
Not that I was ever really worried, but I’m happy to be able to say Sean and I are doing quite well as bachelors. Danielle has been gone for three weeks, and we haven’t had a major catastrophe, yet—unless you count the surprise Sean had waiting for me in his crib this morning. I try …
