Potatoes for Lent

Spuds Slow Cooking Before leaving for work on a day that promised to be filled with challenges, I slipped a piece of beef, carrots, potatoes, celery, and seasonings into my slow cooker. I knew the day ahead would consume my energy stores; the prospect of pot roast awaiting my return soothed me.  When I returned home that evening, […]


>The Ultimate Grown-Up

> Cadence the Skipper, October, 2010 Father Knows BestLast fall we invited my daughter Elaine, our son-in-law Rob, and grandson Cadence to a cruise on our boat. We met at our marina and headed out into the wide Pacific, keeping an easy pace, as Elaine was eight months pregnant with Sawyer at the time. After we’d […]


The Ultimate Grown-Up

Cadence the Skipper, October, 2010 Father Knows BestLast fall we invited my daughter Elaine, our son-in-law Rob, and grandson Cadence to a cruise on our boat. We met at our marina and headed out into the wide Pacific, keeping an easy pace, as Elaine was eight months pregnant with Sawyer at the time. After we’d cruised […]


The Ultimate Grown-Up

Cadence the Skipper, October, 2010 Father Knows BestLast fall we invited my daughter Elaine, our son-in-law Rob, and grandson Cadence to a cruise on our boat. We met at our marina and headed out into the wide Pacific, keeping an easy pace, as Elaine was eight months pregnant with Sawyer at the time. After we’d cruised […]


The Ultimate Grown-Up

Cadence the Skipper, October, 2010 Father Knows BestLast fall we invited my daughter Elaine, our son-in-law Rob, and grandson Cadence to a cruise on our boat. We met at our marina and headed out into the wide Pacific, keeping an easy pace, as Elaine was eight months pregnant with Sawyer at the time. After we’d cruised […]