Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
The Katy Tigers creamed some team at the high school football game this weekend. What fun! And I don’t mean watching football. Eating nachos with my sis and her beau and our folks and discussing the merits of having kids so we could be those annoying Spirit Moms because it’s probably fun. I forgot to…
My mom can’t walk past this part of my grandparents’ house without shuddering because Simon leaned backwards while laughing at a joke and toppled through it when he was five, I was three, Hannie was a newborn and Luke was seven. I was standing right next to him and remember looking down at the cement…
My siblings all left early in the morning leaving me with an extra day in San Diego with my folks, so I asked them to show me the sights around their old haunts. So we picked up my mom’s marm and headed to In-N-Out burger. It wasn’t here when they lived here (they got married…
Email to my dad’s parents on their 58th wedding anniversary August 12, 2009:“Dear Grannie Annie and Grandfather, Congratulations on your 58th wedding anniversary! That was fun in Cloudcroft when we all gathered together for your 50th. It’s hard to believe that was eight years ago. I think one of my favorite memories from that trip…
I totaled it up and I have been in airports or on an airplane for 36 hours of the last week. That doesn’t even include various driving times or travel to and from the airports…about six hours driving to and from my friend’s wedding in Austin last weekend, plus two hours to get to Narita…
Simon waded through frigid glacier runoff water to balance on this little rock on Day One of the Family Canada Outing of June 2004. This started a trend of making each other submerge body parts into cold water for 15 seconds or more, a game called The 15-Second Challenge. It doesn’t seem so difficult in…
Let there be no confusion on this issue. Using a Japanese toilet is fun and easy. But first let’s review Western toilet usage. Do not squat backwards on the seat. I promise it is less effective than imagined. In fact, please do not put your feet on the seat for any style of squatting. There…
