Fifty Cents and Ten Years..

On my thirty-ninth birthday, my parents gathered us around the backyard table and announced, almost casually, that they had “resolved” the twenty-three acres of land […]

A Grandfather’s Wisdom

Last weekend, I took my 92-year-old dad to the mall to buy him a new pair of shoes. Afterward, we stopped by the food court […]

The House I Left Behind

I left for a month-long work trip trusting my neighbor and longtime friend Lisa to take care of my house. It was a routine we […]