life

The Menace

I never intended to take (checks notes) a 5 month break from this project. In fact, the last blog post I made on August 14, 2025 was a mere 24 hours before I decided to throw our lives into a state of chaos that we are still trying to manage. This is Rollins. Depending on …

Read more

The Best Boy

“But in the end journey’s brought joysThat outweigh the pain.” – Frank Turner, “Journey of the Magi” On Tuesday, June 24th we said goodbye to our dog Sherlock. He was the best boy. He was picky about who he accepted, but, once you were part of his inner circle he loved hard. We adopted him …

Read more

Notable Dates

“Long for the words with hearts and wingsSomething familiar when you miss everythingYou rest your head against the window paneFeet on the dash through the steady rain” – The Menzingers, “Your Wild Years” The year that my mom died, there were a bunch of things that happened in pretty quick succession. The first holiday, Easter, …

Read more