We were very fortunate last weekend.  Under normal circumstances, a couple of strong thunderstorms on Friday during setup and cold/wind during the weekend might have irritated me.  But less than 100 miles south, tornadoes destroyed towns and families – by...

I spent one day on my soapbox last week, grumping about the delay in receiving the new Tim Holtz Distress Markers.  But if I’m going to do that, then I need to be willing to shower the praise when something comes in early.  It happened today . . . The first...

  My friend Bill Begley (his wife Becki is my childhood nemesis who became my dear friend in adulthood) posted this on his Facebook page this morning.  It brought tears to my eyes, because it reminded me so much of Zoe . . . She loves to lie in the warm...

I am in a much better mood today.  A lot of that has to do with you folks – I got buried in e-mails from people who understood my pain (and a couple who scolded me for thinking that you might not).  I have said many times that you folks are why I like my...

This is not the blog post I intended for today – it was supposed to be something that I think is pretty funny and was going to be titled “Two Souvenirs from Florida That I’m Not Keeping.”  That will have to wait until tomorrow – unfortunately, today I have to...

My son has been accumulating vacation days ever since he started working at Best Buy, but he rarely uses them.  So when one of his managers started pushing Ryan to take some, I suggested that he fly to Tampa after the Clearwater show.  I would pick him up at...

There are so many stories from the past week on the road.  Some of them are interesting . . . some are amazing . . . others are just funny.  I usually try to tell them in chronological order – but this time they’ll be random.  I’ll just tell the best...

We are in Lawrenceville, Georgia this weekend for our annual visit to Metro Atlanta.  Even though a year has passed, a story from our last visit gained more clarity.  Remember the nice husband who bought a Vagabond as a surprise for his wife for Valentine’s...

I so look forward to our trips south in the winter.  Anything that gets my frozen body into anything approaching warmth is greatly appreciated in January and February.  The past couple of years haven’t been all that warm in the south, but I didn’t care . . ....

I have been negligent – at least regarding this space.  I have spent most of my time the past week or two putting new items on our website.  Some of them are already there, but lots won’t be seen until CHA starts on Sunday.  I sent out an e-mail to our...