Happy Halloween to all! Hope you have a fun, safe and pleasantly terrifying day. We’ve reached a new point in our household’s Halloween situation. Not too long ago, the planning for and working on just the right costume started on the day after Halloween…for the next year! Between my wife’s amazing imagination…which has allowed [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Such A Fright!
October 31, 2007
Oh, My Deer!
October 30, 2007
Tuesday morning on FirstNews, we had a story from Martin Augustine about the over-abundance of deer in parts of the metro. Martin was surrounded by his furry friends. It was as if Snow White had become a news reporter. The wildlife looked very much at ease around Martin. Apparently, they could sense that he is [...]
Cuchi-Cuchi!
October 29, 2007
For nearly two decades, my family and I have been regular visitors to Branson. We’ve gone often enough that one of “firefighters” manning the Fire In The Hole ride, at Silver Dollar City, knows us on first sight. When we first went down, there were only two little kids along…then, three…then, [...]
Cold Hard Facts
October 24, 2007
Well, I asked for it. Last week, our second oldest son, Taylor, came home from school complaining about how lousy he felt. His throat was scratchy. His head was stuffed up. He sounded pretty rough. Instead of expressing parental empathy, I got cocky. “Oh, quit your (pronounced ‘kwitcher’) whining [...]
Good Phibe-rations
October 23, 2007
Back in the 60s and 70s, in the little Wisconsin town where I grew up, there was a movie house called The Midway Theater. They called it that, I think, because it was almost midway down the main thoroughfare called Water Street. Actually, the original name was “A Little To The Right Of Midway Theater,” [...]
