Leverage the hand you've been dealt
Let's talk about fire. With matches. NO! Not that kind of fire, you twisted reader of my words. I'm talking about the fire that can happen naturally when two people get together. For reasons that I do not completely understand, I have been responsible for a few people meeting and falling in love. It's pretty … Continue reading THE MATCH GAME
I am an older sibling. I now have two young boys of my own and they are two and a half years apart in age. They are best friends. It is a wonderful sight to watch them play, laugh, screw around and have inside jokes with one another. A quick search of the Google machine … Continue reading I BLEW IT
As most of you know, I spent 27 years in a middle school classroom teaching band instruments, music and life. I've shared a lot of what went on in terms of awesome moments, funny moments, heart warming moments and goofy middle school antics. A colleague once summed up the age group perfectly: they are the … Continue reading GET OUT
So I have no idea if this is actually volume 22 of funny tales from my house, but it reminds me of a little game a bunch of my teacher friends in middle school land used to play (you all know who you are). Each spring, our school would hold an outside olympic day(s) with … Continue reading TALES FROM THE HOME FRONT VOL. XXII
Well THAT title sure sounds deep right? Hold on, hold on, it's July and the sun is shining, birds are singing and I am writing this while sitting on the porch of my lake house in northwestern New Hampshire. It's quite different than my writings of six months ago while laying around watching the NFL … Continue reading PRAISE AND DOOM
I was 11, getting very deep into music and although I had only been playing for a year, I was hooked on drums as well. Around this time I also have clear memories of warm weather, being up at the lake enjoying time with my cousins, fishing, rowing around, and camping out in a tent … Continue reading SUMMER 1984
Hello loyal readers and people who accidentally clicked on Moeschen looking for "motion" (no one actually does that...but I'm sure they search those terms the other way around! what?). I've decided to go with some life musings today, with a twist: All of the stuff mentioned below is non-fiction. I hold no judgment of any … Continue reading MUSINGS VOL. 4
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