Thursday, December 18, 2025
When I was at Loyola College, our library had a dated look. If you had been transported from 1950 to the year 2000, you would have still felt right at home. The library was so dated to where it was not included on the prospective student tour. In 2008, the renovated library was fully open after a... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 15, 2025
A Hellish Driving Day - Part 1
Late September 2002. Dad and I quickly established a routine once school started. Because of how my high school was laid out, there was a traffic circle in the middle of the driveway that served as the pick-up and drop-off point. I would pull into the circle, hand Dad my keys, and head into school... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 11, 2025
The Neighbor and the Bus
I remember sitting at the exit of my neighborhood, waiting to make a left turn. A school bus was stopped to the right, dropping off kids, and a police car was directly behind it on the four-lane road. The neighbor behind me must have gotten impatient. Instead of waiting, they swung around me, made a... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 8, 2025
Driving Dad
After I attained my driver's license, I was not insistent on my parents cutting me loose. I feared the road. I did not want to drive at all. Dad did see that I needed to see and insisted I drive with him in the car. I argued against it, but the only vote that mattered was his. Here is what we would... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Groggy Ann
December 19, 2004. "Ann, stay up and watch the whole game," Dad said. "It's going to snow tonight. You're at least going to have a two-hour delay. You'll probably be off school tomorrow." Ann did just that. She stayed up and watched a dud of a game between our Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts that... Sign in to see full entry.