Tag: life

  • Trying Out: Roller Coasters (Week 41)

    Trying Out: Enchanted Village at Wild Waves (Week Forty-One) (There were not a lot of images I could put into a baby shower article.  But roller coasters?  Pfft.  I can…

  • Trying Out: Baby Shower (Week 39)

    Trying Out: Baby Shower (Week Thirty-Nine) I once made the mistake of attending a wedding shower.  It was not the most awkward experience of all time.  However I was hardly…

  • Trying Out: Elevated Jungle Gym (Week 38)

    Trying Out: Adventura (Week Thirty-Eight) Five months ago I told my sister about some of the new things I had in mind.  I mentioned that there was a place where…

  • Trying Out: Neighborhood Club (Week 37)

      Trying Out: Capp’s Club (Week Thirty-Seven) Once upon a time there was an Italian restaurant not too far from me.  Now, it has been transformed into a bar.  Well,…

  • Trying Out: Podcasting (Week 35)

    Trying Out: The Humble Story Teller (Week Thirty-Five) My friend, and a grand orator, passed away on his one hundred and eighth birthday.  I like to tell stories.  I like…

  • Trying Out: Protesting (Week 34)

    Trying Out: Protesting Downtown (Week Thirty-Four) Many things I have heard about protests made it seem a bit much for my tastes. In college, what was going to be a…

  • Trying Out: The Local Mosque (Week 33)

    Trying Out: Idris Mosque (Week Thirty-Three) I had a brief course on world religions during my Social Studies class.  Hearing about a thing from a teacher is one thing.  Hearing…

  • Trying Out: Skydiving (Week 31)

    Trying Out: Plummeting thousands of feet and not dying (Week Thirty-One) It is silly to suggest that I am brave enough to jump out of a plane.  It courts death,…

  • Trying Out: Catching Up (Weeks 29, 30, and 32)

    I know it is time to catch up.  And not every event deserves its own entry.  Thus, we shall attack the last month or so on three fronts. Actively Listening…

  • Trying Out: Decorating (Week 28)

    Trying Out: Poster Time (Week Twenty-Eight) I am not a great decorator.  I have no plants sprucing things up, I really do not dust, and the dresser I have is…