The third and final of our Summer ’23 Inspirational Vacations ended on Wednesday when we returned from Denver. When Mr. Smith suddenly passed away earlier this year we kind of freaked out and decided to take as many vacations as possible, know that not only is life short, but sometimes it’s drastically short. Mr. Smith… Read more

Probably one of the luckiest times I’ve ever had was in 2007, I was driving around in Colorado for a short vacation. I was living in Kansas at the time and had a three day weekend free. So I was driving south of Denver towards Colorado Springs along the highway, many miles from home. About… Read more

I’ve been to basically every state except Hawaii, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Alabama, South Carolina, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Read more

Last week was our second big vacation of the year, this time to Miami. We’re supposed to go to Denver next week but I don’t know if everyone is up to it. The best vacations are the exhausting ones, where you’re just glad to be home in your own bed when they’re done. And I… Read more

This weekend Jack had travel ball games in East Peoria, during the Father’s Day tournment. He had a doubleheader Thursday for Junior League, where he made his pitching debut. This is a major league distance field. Then Friday he had to play on a Little League size field. Such is the joy of having a… Read more

Last Saturday Jack had two ballgames in Springfield in the morning. So the wife, Elsa, Laina and myself took Jack over there at 7 in the morning. He played two great games, which his team won both. Everyone played great actually. It’s those types of games in which you see that you’re over-matched, like it’s… Read more