Dear Dan, You had your own language when you were a toddler. I don't remember it since I either was not yet born or an infant at the time. It is, however, part of family history. "Peeame," "umfunger," "wadipot" and "ginkamuk,"were just a few of the words that had to be interpreted by the family... Continue Reading →
Ice skating
Dear Dan, It snowed again. Ugh. We haven't gotten much this winter but a single flake is one flake too many. Don't you find it funny that neither you nor I like winter and snow, but we loved ice skating. You and I got ice skates one Christmas. We couldn't wait for the creek behind... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas!
Dear Dan, As they do every Christmas, TBS is running back-to-back "A Christmas Story." I saw it once and never really got into it. You, however, dear brother, you would watch it every year and several times during that marathon, I believe! Something about that kid in the snow suit, I think. That was the... Continue Reading →
Migraine
Dear Dan, I've never figured it out. I've always got headaches. I don't remember a day when I was headache free. But YOU! When we were kids, you'd complain of a severe headache, open the bottle of aspirin, maybe even put a couple tablets in your hand. Then, as if by magic, your headache was... Continue Reading →
Leaf throwdown!
Dear Dan, It's a wild autumn day out there today. Autumn was always your favorite season. Maybe because your birthday was in the fall. This day is windy, some sun, some clouds, some rain, some branches -- a little bit of everything. Plus -- the Leaf Throwdown! Sunday, while it was still sunny, two trees... Continue Reading →
This one was upsetting
Dear Dan, The dream wound around the way dreams do, but the upshot was that you needed $22,000 for a plane ticket to Australia. You were taking a job there. Yes, that's way over the real amount of a plane ticket to Oz, but this was a dream, remember? So I'm scrambling trying to figure... Continue Reading →
It's My World 