Water, Water, No Where and Not a Drop To Drink…

So I think we’re on week three now for this intense, hot and dry weather that’s been plaguing the Piedmont this month. Sweaty dog and training walks, crispy lawns, one kicked rain barrel , and a whole slew of dumb asses who run their sprinklers aimed right… on… the road >: ( ! I swear, [...]

An interesting evening…

Tonight we got home from work at the usual time and about an hour into us resting and enjoying our evening the electricity conked out. Now, typically we are home to witness such events, but at the time we were walking the kids and I had even extended Mathias’ walk to get him to complete [...]

Swimming in a sea of knitters and being man enough to admit I enjoyed myself…

…immensely in fact! So Mel and I jetted up to Maryland for the second weekend in a row and partook in our second annual Sheep and Wool Festival! I know, I know, I’m a guy, so what the hell am I hanging out with a bunch of ladies that like to slide needles and yarn [...]

on cubicle farm life…

For five I spend one third… of my days bathed in the fluorescence of high electric bills high tech… high expectations… heightened meaninglessness… Noble yes? It’s become the file… Buried in the cake… from my time spent… shackled to a chair… to headaches… that faint glow… and debt… seemingly insurmountable. Except for time. Pennies become [...]