Category Archives: Stories

I have a flaw in my character — I don’t have a killer instinct. I couldn’t bring myself to kill that mouse in cold blood. I carried the can into the woodlot behind our house. I gave the mouse a … Continue reading →

At the end of a long day of rain, my daughter informed me that I’d left the lid off the garbage can in which we store our bird seed. It was too late to save the seed — it was … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we had 15 friends over for a pizza party. We ordered a pizza from each of the six places that deliver to our house and rated them (5 for “I’ll never eat anything else as long as I live” … Continue reading →

The photo shoot was for a lesson on the wise men traveling to Bethlehem. We rented the use of two camels, so one of the wise men had to walk. We put on our costumes. Two camel handlers from the … Continue reading →

My daughter’s birthday was this week. We bought her a cell phone — her first one. It’s a Tracfone; one where she pays for the minutes with her own money so she can learn the discipline of limiting her phone … Continue reading →