FATHER’S DAY CHORES

Father's Day is next weekend, the 19th. In the past that meant going to one of Dad's favorite restaurants - Outback Steakhouse or Red, Hot & Blue. On Saturday I'd pick up something amusing for him - like lottery scratch-off tickets (always a big hit) or maybe a DVD of some TV show he'd just … Continue reading FATHER’S DAY CHORES

PUTTING THE FUN IN FUNERAL

Due to the passing of a friend of mine last summer, and my father (unexpectedly - the day BEFORE my friend) I have been thinking about funerals. Not obsessively or anything, just in passing. (Oops, no pun intended.) I have attended fewer than a dozen funerals in my life, and frankly, they have been pretty … Continue reading PUTTING THE FUN IN FUNERAL