knitting Knitting Group I was standing in line at my favorite coffee shop three weeks ago when I suddenly felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned and saw Barbara, the mother of
Skylar Baptisms One thing Skylar unintentionally signed up for when he first moved to Salt Lake City eight years ago was periodic attendance at Mormon services. He knew I wasn't religious so
Skylar America's Cheerleader I was sitting on the front porch, sipping my coffee, two mornings ago when a woman in an oversized sunhat and holding on for dear life to a leash being
Skylar Santa Barbara-ing Skylar finished his first year of residency so as a reward they offered him 12 seconds off before he begins the next year. We decided to use those 12 seconds
Strangerville Woman In The White Sedan A while back I shared this story on Strangerville. Here's the audio and text. Please enjoy. Woman In The White Sedan There was a crosswalk just between my neighborhood and
Essays The Award: A 1985 Mormon Film About Boys Who Are Declared Heroes For Doing Less Than The Bare Minimum I need you to know about a 1985 Mormon film called The Award. I grew up watching this on a regular basis. I've seen it at least 12,000 times.
Duncan Canine Plague Ten days ago we abandoned our responsibilities (dogs) to venture south for the St. George half Ironman race. We left Duncan and Louie with two different friends because we've lived
Duncan Boarding When an angel with a flaming sword appeared and commanded me to take in a second dog, there was honestly nothing I could do. I went to Duncan and tried
Skylar The Winter of 2023 There was a time when I never looked at weather forecasts. I'd just live in ignorant bliss, letting nature happen at me, at will, and without even the faintest desire
House A New Couch I bought a couch about eight years ago on sort of a whim. I had just lost a case in court and was feeling numb, and so, still dressed in
Skylar I Need Quiet "Hi, honey bunz! I'm home!" Skylar screamed that on Tuesday morning at 10:30 as he walked into the house, his usual greeting, even if he's only just stepped out
Skylar Baby Birthday One of Skylar's closest friends got married in 2020. I don't know if you remember that year, but it turned out to be a very bad time to get married
Skylar Residency Last week Skylar told me he was going to have to start doing 28-hour shifts now, and I haven't check with a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that's illegal. I
Sick Last month I got so sick they are creating a new telethon for it and naming a day after me. What's that? They don't do telethons anymore because no one
Skylar 2022 I'll never forget watching the news one evening in February of this year. They were broadcasting from a dark Kyiv, just getting ready to wake up for the day as
Skylar The Glassiest of Lamps One of the joys of living in a house built by Christmas elves in the fourth century AD, is no standard furniture will fit anywhere. Nowhere is this more annoying
Skylar Tea for Two We were walking through the Portland airport on Sunday morning when Skylar burned his hand. His parents had just dropped us off. We hadn't been to Portland to visit his
Louie Boarding School A woman with a paw print tattooed onto her clavicle knocked on my front door on Monday afternoon. She was returning Louie, and I had been anticipating her in urgent
Skylar Humidifier Skylar's bounce in his step was bouncier than usual. I've learned to notice the signs that he's about to do something odd, inconvenient, or expensive. Heightened whistling. A quick pace.
Recipes My Pumpkin Stew In A Pumpkin Recipe None Of You Asked For, Which Was Rude. Recently Skylar told me he thinks Utah has a Halloween fetish. I pressed him on this and he said he's never lived anywhere that takes Halloween as seriously as we
Grandma G-Mac's Hospital Stay Skylar called me a couple of days ago. "So, I just overheard the name of a patient we were admitting and either there are two Darlene McCanns in town or
Skylar A Dire Situation It was in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday when I got a text from Skylar. "I'm sooooo hungryyyyyy" it said. He's been working long shifts at the
Louie Louie's Great Neutering We decided it was time to neuter Louie (dogs don't have very many rights still). We had planned to wait until after his first birthday, which is in one month
Skylar A New Sweater [Announcement: Strangerville Live will is this week, September 16 & 17. You can get tickets and find other info about the storytellers HERE [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/strangerville-live-tickets-395946957007]. Please come
Essays Coffee It probably wasn’t until I was nearly a teenager that I was even aware of coffee. Sure, I had encountered it before, but I doubt I wondered what it
