One might ask, “Why are Josh and Damascene putting new doors in the barn in the middle of winter?” I am a chucker. In general, I don’t like hanging on to lots of stuff “in case I might need it someday.” I am sure that causes several of you readers to shudder and tighten your…

Whenever I visit the University of Notre Dame, I park in the Grace lot when I visit Notre Dame. As you walk past Grace Hall on your way to the library, tucked in a little courtyard seating area, there is an obscure brutalist sculpture – angular and weighty. It is a bowed figure with a sorrowful…

Papa knew I loved Boston Creme donuts and he always hooked me up. Dad’s company started out as Earthworks Landscaping in the early days. As he did more work on basements, pouring concrete, building additions, garages, and remodels, it became Earthworks General Contracting. I always loved his logo… dark green, all lowercase letters, and how…

It was the summer of 1980 when we took our first big family trip. We were not one of those families that took vacations to places like Florida or out west. We only went on one or two in my childhood / teen years. We did more day trips — hiking, visiting local or close-by…