You know, after all these years, I am still a Trekkie. In my junior high days with my best friend, Jay Morrone, we would have lengthy discussions at the lunch table with one of our teachers Phil VanKleeck about worm holes and the space time continuum and whether Jean Luc Picard was a better captain…
Conversation with a 5-year-old
Earlier today, I had a bowl on my desk which had rice and steamed vegetables from the local Chinese place. The following conversation took place between me and Asher, the curious and highly energetic five-year-old son of my friends Matt & Nicole King. Asher – Was that rice in your bowl? Joshua – Yup. Asher…
Spring
Trees are budding, tulips have shown their bright happy faces and the lawns are green again. Life has returned to the midwest and summer will be here before we know it. The rains have come as well, and for whatever reason in the midst of all the colors of new life, I still feel melancholic…
B&N Take II
How well I remember the days in the late 90s when I was in college and I would drive the 45 minute trip to Grape Road in Mishawaka and go to one of my favorite places – the brand New Barnes & Noble. Featuring aisles of books that you could read without buying, Starbucks coffee…