Paradise Chocolate Fest Benefits the Kids
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” Charles M. Shulz “I owe it all to little chocolate...
Hockey Mom Earns Frequent Flyer Miles
Hockey Player Magazine, Feb 2016 (Note: Names below were changed.) We boarded the jet two hours late, me and 350 others. No explanation was...
Time Swooshes into Another Holiday Season
How did it get late so soon? It’s night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has...
Tour de Dad’s Classic Rock Transcends Multiple Life Stages
The Tour de France is composed of 21 stages, all in succession. For the Tour de Dad I bounce between multiple stages, at the...
Hockey Bag Violates Air Space
(Hockey Player Magazine, May 2014) Humans are among the smelliest creatures in the animal kingdom. We share the “Smelly Top Five” list with the...
A Visit to the Hair Salon
Category: A visit to the hair stylist Anxiety Level: Depends Level of Difficulty: Also depends Result of Blowing It: Really depends...
Dad’s Promise Leads to Butt-Kicking
I haven’t trudged like that since my walk to the principal’s office. My shoulders sagged and my head drooped. The parking lot seemed a...
Quotes from Famous People – W. C. Fields
I’ve suffered from writer’s block this week and spent hours, and seven drafts, on a particular piece. No dice, it’s sent back to either...
Even Hockey Coaches Have Hearts
Published in the Chico Enterprise-Record, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph & Hockey Player Magazine (2012) “I thought this may interest you,” the email said. In...