Back in the old days, we would buy a bag of pot and hope that no more than a fourth of it was stems and seeds. No matter what we tried, th...

Christmas has always been a weird holiday for me.  As a child, we celebrated Christmas on Christmas eve because my older sister's birthd...

I heard a quotation that everyone believes that they have the best dog in the world, and none of them are wrong.  I don't personally hav...

This was originally published on May 14, 2020. * * * * * One of the things that Dad was most proud of showing off to people was how quickl...

December 1992  Issue 237  WAYNE C. KOECKE  1932-1992 With much of his family and several friends at his side, Wayne Koecke died at h...

This was originally written on December 16, 2022. * * * * *  It was a snowy Wednesday evening when Dad took his last breath thirty years ago...

I have been going through boxes and stored items so that I can get rid of things that I've saved over the years that I will never need. ...

Kathy and Richard lived in many different places while Richard was in the military. Of course, that meant their children also moved around...

I don’t remember the date, but the year was 1980. I know that because it was election season, and Governor Ray was running for re-election...

I love all my nieces and nephews, but I had the closest relationship with my nephew Tony. We would play basketball, go to baseball games, ...

Dad loved his family and his friends. He would go out of his way to help them on a moment’s notice. He also loved practical jokes and Sear...

I remember the trips to Goodwill when I was a child. I always tried to sit in the center of the front bench seat when we would make the trip...

It is about ten minutes to two in the morning. I have had a bit over five hours of continuous sleep and feel rested now.  I think the thing ...

No one will ever know the truth about why Mom chose to hoard everything, which led to a huge mess to deal with when the time inevitably came...

Erin would never back down from a fight, which meant that she was suspended for fighting periodically throughout her school years. I would h...

Elliana always wanted to hang out with Gemma.  She loves her little sister to this day, because love transcends life and death!  We all stil...

Whether you are a friend who has smoked pot and bullshitted with me for a couple of decades, or a cousin who has known me for sixty-five yea...

A memory came up in my Facebook feed today. It was the third anniversary of a post I made after visiting Mom for the last time. We did not k...

I have lost two of my cat buddies in two of the past four years. Both Prancer and Mr. Grumpy died in 2019. I lost my cuddle-buddy grandkitte...

After a nice twenty-minute visit with my nephew at the tattoo studio where he was working, we parted ways with a hug and the promise to get ...