(Editor’s Note:  This is a piece I wrote about four years ago and I’m pleased to announce that my beloved and I will celebrate our twenty-fifth in a couple of weeks.) My beloved and I recently celebrated our twenty-first wedding anniversary.  After putting up with me for more than two decades I figured she deserved [...]

The agent crept across the floor, taking each step with precision. His stockinged foot landed on a sharp object unseen in the dark and he winced in pain, drawing a sudden, sharp breath to stifle a scream. He paused. Had he been heard? “Whaaaaa!” The baby starting crying. Any first-year dad would have known better [...]

My wife and I take two radically different approaches to gardening.  She negotiates with Mother Nature, trying to find the perfect plants which blend with the environment.  I engage in acts of malicious horticulture, using poisons and sharp implements to impose my will upon the earth. She’s all about free-form creativity and coaxing life from [...]

In our family we “do” Science Fair the same way other families “do” soccer…or gymnastics…or professional ice skating…or junior beauty pageants…or organized crime.  We don’t so much “do” Science Fair as live it. Our Science Fair efforts are generally divided into four phases — Planning, Production, Panic, and Performance. (Full Text) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Like this excerpt? Want [...]