Reminds Me of a Sweetheart
Ask your podcaster anything. I've made that challenge before, with few takers. I thought I'd open it up to the wheel of randomness to spark some ideas. Here's a simple…
Baby Names – Nathan Part 4of4
Baby names, the finale. Read the previous articles in the series for the full account of how our kids got their names. Baby Names - Christopher Part 1of4. Baby Names…
Baby Names – David Part 3of4
Yet another chapter in the saga of choosing baby names. To get caught up to speed, read the previous articles on baby names. Baby Names - Christopher Part 1of4. Baby…
Baby Names – Michael Part 2of4
Another installment in the saga of how our kids got their names. I wrote earlier how our #1 son got his name, nickname, and even an alternate nickname that followed…
Baby Names – Christopher Part 1of4
Note: Before I get started, I want to say that I wrote a series of articles quite some time ago about how we named our kids, but after doing an…
Christmas Customs and Favorites
As a kid, Christmas presents were only opened on Christmas morning. That's it. It wasn't until we were older that we could open something on Christmas Eve. and if we…
Christmas traditions – Decorating
For most of the year, all our holiday decorations resided in a big cardboard box or two under the basement stairs. One box had Halloween stuff, and costumes from years…
The Reality of a Visit from the Grandkids
Talking over coffee, the realization hits that you miss the grandkids, and wish they could visit more often. Wouldn't it be nice if they could stay over. We have the…
My Own Little Place
I mentioned on an earlier post that this site started as a project to learn HTML. Besides the behind the scenes work of the formatting, and making it viewable to…
Revisiting thePurpose of Heltsley.net
I started a home page a long time ago to learn how to code in HTML. I don’t do that anymore. Well, I still do, but not for creating web…