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Something we’ve done for years here…well, other than 2011, which will forever and henceforth be known as The Anomalous Year That Tried To Kill Me and Failed…is fill our freezer with meat. A side of hog, a quarter side of …

Today was a difficult day. Not with the boys, just me. I received some very sad and disturbing news, and I’m still processing it. I am fine, my family is fine, it was just a bludgeoning of the soul and …

Great concert this afternoon. Felt so good to play again. And let’s hope this is the ONLY placeholder post for NaBloPoMo.

Tomorrow is the first band concert for me in several years. Yes, I played in the summer community band this year, but this is different. This is heavy duty wind ensemble, aka holy crap on a cracker there are a lot …

I find it ironic that, just a few days after committing to looking forward instead of back, today’s NaBloPoMo prompt is If you could change one thing about your life right now, what would it be? Well, I’d really like to change …

Sometimes you have a hard time believing you have much to be thankful for. And other times you run out of numbers to count your blessings. Many of my friends on Facebook are doing a daily giving thanks status this …

Thou shalt not speak to thy mother, nor make any requests of her, until no fewer than two cups of coffee have been consumed by her bleary-eyed self. Thou shalt rise from thy slumber with a cheerful countenance. Thou shalt …

I have kept my mouth shut this political season. With the exception of a few comments on Twitter during the debates, I haven’t posted anything of a political nature, here or on my Facebook page. This was intentional. I’m tired …

It’s no secret that I’ve been struggling for some time, trying to sort through everything the universe has thrown at me the last three years or so. While things are a bit calmer now, for awhile there it was one …

NEWS ALERT: Scientists have discovered the Shopping Gene! It’s at the very bottom of the DNA strand, hidden behind the Party Planning Gene and directly adjacent to the Holiday Preparations Gene, in an area now known as the Give A …