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 question… What things about old time radio remind you of anyone from your past, That’s a big field. There are a lot of family members… Continue reading Reminds Me of a Sweetheart
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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 – Michael Part 2of4. Baby Names – David Part 3of4. After having three kids, all boys, I had reached my limit on how many children… Continue reading Baby Names – Nathan Part 4of4
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 Names – Michael Part 2of4. With 2 sons, I was content to stop;, and just raise my little family. There’s 14 months between the two… Continue reading Baby Names – David Part 3of4
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 him through his childhood years. When our second child was on the way, the ordeal began again. Not sure whether he would be a boy… Continue reading Baby Names – Michael Part 2of4
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 online search of the site, I couldn’t find it. What follows, and following articles, is a rough recreation of that original series. One of the… Continue reading Baby Names – Christopher Part 1of4
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 ever did, it was one thing, but the rest had to wait. It would take some major begging to open more than one item before… Continue reading Christmas Customs and Favorites
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 past. Another had Easter baskets, fake grass, plastic eggs, and the like. The biggest box of all had the Christmas decorations. We always had an… Continue reading Christmas traditions – Decorating
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 room. Kids are cute, it would be great. Then it happens. They’re here. Six of them, and without mommy or daddy. Why do I have… Continue reading The Reality of a Visit from the Grandkids
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 the whole wide world, a site needs to have content. My boss I had at the time told me to write about myself, and what’s… Continue reading My Own Little Place
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 pages. Through the years the site has evolved and taken on many different forms. The main purpose though is to be a landing spot for… Continue reading Revisiting thePurpose of Heltsley.net