Bereaved and Blessed

Dads and Golf

April 13, 2026

Yesterday, Rory McIlroy won the Masters golf championship for the second year in a row — making him one of four players to do that back to back. Last night, after we got home from Skylar’s Improv Level 5 Grad Show at iO Theater, Bob and I watched a recording of the final several holes […]

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19 Years in 19 Words

April 10, 2026

19 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. Though I don’t post as often or consistently as I have in the past, I am still grateful to have this space to share and process life. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and 14 years ago, since my blogoversary fell on the […]

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My London Semester Journal II: Wednesday, April 10, 1996

April 9, 2026

Wednesday, 4-10-96 11:40 PM London 5:40 PM E-Town This week has pretty much been full of my preparing for & taking finals! I am gonna copy into here highlights from an e-mail I wrote to Mom, Dad, Meg, & Kelly about this weekend & early this week cuz I am tired & don’t feel like […]

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My London Semester Journal II: Monday, April 8, 1996

April 8, 2026

Monday, 4-8-96 7:55 PM En Route Back to London 1:55 PM E-Town OKAY, WITHOUT FURTHER A DEW… THE REST O’ SCOTLAND: So Saturday morning (3-30-96) we went on this great, though very long, tour of Edinburgh! Our tour guide was a real character! He was very proud to be Scottish to say the least… 🙂 […]

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My London Semester Journal II: Friday, April 5, 1996

April 3, 2026

Friday, 4-5-96 5:15 PM en route from London to Southampton 10:15 AM E-Town Time is going by at lightning speed now… I have so many things going through my mind from traveling, to finals, and so on… I have to hand write my London History paper, which is a pain, but it is making me […]

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My London Semester Journal II: Tuesday, April 2, 1996

March 29, 2026

Tuesday, 4-2-96 1:45 PM London 6:45 AM E-Town Well, I just said goodbye to Lori. 🙁 With the help of ISA office staff & her mercedes cab driver we got her all packed into the car & off to Heathrow airport! It was really sad. It was really hard to see her go. It has […]