Archive for October, 2009

Hoop it up

Published Date: October 29th, 2009
Category: Alzheimer's Info, Community, Events

It’s hard to believe but preseason hoop season has already begun. I’m still in the throes of college football as my Ducks are steadily climbing the charts.  No jinx here, believe me I’ve been a fan for way too long.  I know there’s still plenty of time left for something to go awry, especially as [...]

Strings and Stormtroopers

Published Date: October 19th, 2009
Category: Made Me Laugh, Music, Parenting

The steady sound of beating drums and soaring symphonies have been blasting at our house for the last couple weeks in preparation for dun, dun, dun-dun-dun-dun: Star Wars in Concert.  That’s right, Luke donned his Halloween costume a little early, spent hours meticulously crafting posters with cutouts of Yoda and Boba Fett, and stayed up way past [...]

Worth the Wait

Published Date: October 1st, 2009
Category: Clips, Made Me Laugh, Writing

My feature story on Richard Jones appears in this month’s issue of Climbing magazine.  Which is nearly to the day one year after I sent my editor at Climbing my original query letter.  This particular feature is a classic case study in the process of writing.  Writing takes times.  And, I mean all writing.  My monthly column, freelance features in magazines and writing [...]