The first vote I ever cast, way back in 1984, was to re-elect Ronald Reagan to a second term as president. It may also have been the last time I…
One of the (many) joys of my childhood was The Sailor Bob Show, a locally produced children’s program with puppets, skits, cartoons and (best of all, for me) lots of…
Jason’s going through a sweet phase where he likes to tell me I’m a great dad. I’m trying to enjoy it while it lasts, and bank up all this praise…
I was 15 years old when John Lennon was killed. At the time, I wasn’t at all into pop music; all the records in the house belonged to my parents,…
Jason and Scott are big superhero fans, which is perhaps not surprising when you consider how many comic books I have around the house. Lately they’ve taken to inventing their…
That’s right, a whole two years have slipped by since Gracie made her debut in our lives, and if it seems impossible it’s only because the old saying is true:…
As I write this from a hotel in Springfield, Illinois, the Morefield family is nearly two weeks into a summer vacation that’s taken us halfway across the country in the…
If you know me at all, you know I’m a big Paul McCartney fan. If you follow the news at all, you’ve probably noticed Sir Paul’s upset a lot of…
The kids had a blast at Nags Head last week with Grandma and Grandpa, despite a lack of cooperation on the part of Mother Nature for the first three and…
I’m way behind on this one, but what else is new? On April 24, we took the kids on a homeschooling field trip down to Fort Eustis to visit the…
