BACK IN THE SADDLE
Gratitude grows for childhood gift
Childhood Christmas presents date you.
Technology update was frustrating
The temptation is always there. Why not, I ask myself, just let the parade of technology go on without you? Just let the next “rev” of software pass you by. Just let the next new gimmick or gadget do its thing without you. And, to some extent, I give in …
Appreciate the Thanksgiving table
It was a typical Ronald family Thanksgiving, probably in the mid-1960s. In those days, the clan — as many of my father’s siblings, their spouses, their children, and grandchildren as possible — gathered together for a huge celebration.
Friendship continues uninterrupted
Some friendships require effort. Others sustain themselves. You know the ones I’m talking about, those friendships which can be disrupted by years and hundreds of miles but are renewed as easily as a conversation that has been momentarily interrupted.
‘Zoo’ served to liven up a gray day
“I feel like I’m in a zoo,” I told my wife over a bowl of soup. It was Monday, and November had landed with an audible thud. Gone were the crisp blue skies of October. Gone too were most of the autumn leaves, stripped from their branches by Saturday’s gusty …
Will stories have a happy ending?
The road home wound through the Indiana countryside as Svetlana unwound stories from her life on the other side of the world. We’d first met in Kyrgyzstan, the land of her birth, in 2002. And now she was in the Midwest to take part in a panel discussion at a …
Project was not an improvement
Somewhere along the line I forgot a couple of the basic rules of do-it-yourselfing. First, you don’t know as much as you think you know. Second, it’s never as easy as it looks on television.
Nicknames are an odd phenomena
Editor’s note: This column is being reprinted from Oct. 14, 2009. Tracking nicknames can be an interesting endeavor. The origins of some are obvious, while others seem to be created out of nothing at all. Think about the nicknames you’ve had over the years as you take this trip down …
Community weekend offered a lot
Professional hand-wringers love to decry the loss of community in America. They should have been around this weekend.
A new phone provided challenges
Maybe my old phone clued in my new phone. The old phone, which dated from about 2004, was one of those flip models. And it’s still in mint condition, largely because it spent most of its life turned off and sitting in the console of my car.
Corvette club was not a good fit
The vanity plates caught my eye. “AWHSUM” said one, with dubious spelling. “QCKNFUN” said the plate on the car in front of “AWHSUM.”
Plain white bread was right for job
About a week ago, I spent a couple of days hitting my mother-in-law in the face with a couple of loaves of bread.
Teacher shared stewardship lesson
What was it about that generation? What made them so special?
Drop off at college sparked stories
We were awful. There we were, taking Sally down to Bloomington for her freshman year at Indiana University, and all we could talk about was what it was like — a million years ago — when our parents had taken us off to college.
Time with The CR was a good ride
Some anniversaries pass quietly. You never really notice them. Others smack you upside the head and make you wonder, “Where did the time go?” Thursday’s one of those for me.
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