(I stole this post title from a Jim Croce album title–I hope he doesn’t mind) I had a particularly rough time with the kids this past weekend–they all just seemed to be in horrible moods no matter what I did. So, needless to say, at times like this, I start taking stock of myself as […]

I had the pleasure last Thursday evening to attend a parent’s night at my daughter’s school to watch her practice band. They played magnificently–much better than I would have expected. I experienced a strange disconnected feeling of deja-vu while I was there, reminding me of my own fifth grade band practices of many, many years […]