Rodeo (King and) Queen

Rodeo (King and) Queen

Rodeo (King and) Queen City folk? Not us. Like good pioneers, we celebrated the 24th of July at the Days of ’47 Rodeo. Every year, I tell myself I’m going to buy a cowboy hat — just for occasions like this. But I never seem to pull the trigger. Maybe next...
Church clothes

Church clothes

It started with Curtis.  He told me he wanted to wear an undershirt to church because he had a weird button that would open and show off his tummy. Such a modest fella. So then, of course, Tate started wearing an undershirt as well. But he had different motivations....
After 20 Years, Traci Bids the Library Farewell  Copy

After 20 Years, Traci Bids the Library Farewell Copy

After 20 Years, Traci Bids the Library Farewell Copy Twenty-two years since I last saw @smashingpumpkins. The three-hour set was probably an hour longer than I needed, but if that’s how you get Drown, Mayonaise, and Thirty Three, I won’t complain. And The visuals were...
Gone Afoul

Gone Afoul

No one believed me. No one. But my confidence could not be shaken. I told the kids today was the day I would catch a foul ball. “You always say that, Dad.” Well, I do always say that. But this time I meant it. It was a quintessential spring day in Utah. Ice cold in...