Moose and Ink

By any and all measures, I am in great shape for being 36 years old. For starters, I’m a runner and a fairly competitive one at that.  I can run a sub 5:30 mile, though I prefer the longer distance races such as the Birkie Trail 1/2 Marathon that Steph…

It’s often suggested that writers do not put Real People into their works.  You might just get hit on the head with a marimba mallet.

Welcome to the new place. You’ll notice that the place doesn’t look all that different from the old one.  Well, that’s because I liked the old layout and figured if it was working, why change?  The links off to the right are a bit sparse but I do plan on…

Everyone’s driven a go-kart before, right? I’m talking those small things commonly found at an amusement park and watched over by a bored teenager who has just as much concern for your safety as he does the geo-political policies of Burma. These are the things that have the stickiness of…

Dear Parent Whose Child Has Gone to College : This is a very stressful time in life – your Precious Child is moving out of the house, sometimes out of the state, sometimes even out of the country.  To cope with this, I would like to provide some very valuable…

Contrary to popular rumors, I have neither died, been kidnapped by the minions of the cat, nor have I run off with a Swedish Chef. No, this is the time of year that I like to call ‘The Month of No Weekends!’ Case in point – I worked both days…