Letter to a Daughter …


July 25, 2011 My Dearest Maria, Well you are headed back to Michigan to start 8th grade.  I wanted to tell you that I enjoyed your visit to Texas this summer, and I hope you enjoyed your stay.  We had a lot of good times, and as usual we had our “moments”. I for one…

A West Texas Summer


Wednesday:  July 6 Click Audio Play Button Below… Maria brings her best friend Hannah to visit Dad in Texas. Airplane to Dallas from Detroit, unaccompanied Minors !!! Did I say UNACCOMPANIED ???? Maria’s in charge- cuz she’s flown the most. Weird guy on plane, looks like a terrorist.  Spends waaay to much time in the…

The Jar is Always There


The Jar is Always There Yeah we made up our minds. The bell unanswered was one of those slippery songs you only listen to when the edge is a foregone conclusion, the ground already met, a pretty hard fall. We lost Esmir in September. Sometimes 100 yards is too much and too far to be…

Daughters & Milk Cartons


And….. We’re off. To God knows’ where, but off we went to fire up a little bit of funniness and and steal another billow from that ominously persistent cloud that has loved us like a glove for what seems like forever. It snuck and stuck, but now if you blink real fast, appears to be…