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Doug Bean, My Biological Dad. I’m Grateful We Reconciled.

by | Oct 5, 2018 | Memoir

When Doug Bean brought me a pretzel snack pack, I was suspicious of that first pretzel stick. Grownups always wanted me to try some new food and I almost always regretted it. But Doug promised—just try one, and if I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t have to eat any more. And...

Tina Scott, thanks for marrying me forty years ago

by | Aug 19, 2018 | Memoir

Year 41 starts Sunday evening, August 19, 2018. To my wife, Tina – happy 40th wedding anniversary and thanks for staying married to me all these years. I remember these two young people from 1976.  We were in my college dorm room in this picture. This had to...

Somewhere on the planet earth, it’s spring.

by | Apr 14, 2018 | Slice of Life

Remember when our grandparents talked about how they lived through the big one back in (pick your year)? Well, now, we have cell phone video and we can record history-in-the-making. Here are four videos and some still pictures from Eagan, Minnesota, USA, of the great...