Category Archives: Education

Teaching Daughter How to Handle Bullying


Teaching Daughter I came home one day to find my first grade daughter stomping back and forth in the juice of peer induced frustrations like a jilted woman stomping grapes. Her mother stood folding clothes on the dining room table. … Continue reading

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Things I’ve Been or Done in My Life


Things I’ve Been or Done in My Life: (because my wife and daughter have been asking for a list . . . for years)  (Updated 5/5/13 – more jobs, descriptions added, clean up formatting).   Army Animal Lab Technician:  (1-1/2 … Continue reading

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The Human Guinea Pigs


My dad used us as guinea pigs, my brother and I.  He used a laboratory technique, maintaining one child as a control, and the other to experiment on.  But the fact is, he experimented on us both. I remember my … Continue reading

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Why You Don’t Piss Pappa Bear Off


Why You Don’t Come A-Scratchin’ At Pappa Bear’s Den This is a story about Pappa Bear, Momma Bear, and their two daughters. One, actually. Neither, actually. Late one evening Pappa Bear and Momma Bear came home late. It was very … Continue reading

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A Love of Reading


A Love of Reading I’ve always loved reading, and I know why. I remember the early struggles in first grade with “Dick and Jane”, the humorous adventures of “Little Black Sambo”, the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. I can even still … Continue reading

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Smokin’ Joe


Smokin’ Joe When I was about 14, I volunteered at a local VA as part of my Eagle Scout community service requirement. While there I began noticing something. There were two groups. One was what I call the “Sour & … Continue reading

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Escape From the Island: Puerto Rico Last Year


(The following is a true story, strange as it sounds.  I think we are ready; we have ‘got done’ processing it, or as much as we can without writing.  WE have found out more information over the past year.  And … Continue reading

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Teaching Sex Education


If you’ve read my previous post, you know I’ve had to address sexual education with my grandsons, ages 9 and 12 (soon to be 13).  As an abuse survivor, I find it disturbing, but as a grandparent who loves his … Continue reading

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Kids, Love, Sex, Education


The grandkids came over which led to a weekend I’d rather forget and ignore.  I don’t know what it is about these grandkids – any kids! – that they feel I am someone I can talk to.  Maybe it’s because … Continue reading

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My Yard: A Song of Life


Right now my yard is indeed a song of life.  If you were to step out the door, you would hear a persistent humming; the gurgle of a creek, bird and bee-song.  There is the rustle of nuts (old and … Continue reading

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