My mother and father have been reading my blog intently since I began shoving it down their throats roughly a year ago.  The idea of going back to a site again and again for new content is new to them – but they’re catching on. My mother is a newspaper columnist.  Or was.  Still is, I [...]

Western Nationals starts today in Salem. We got a 3:00pm draw and my parents are driving down from Seattle to see the game. It’s a massive three-day, double elimination tournament. Winner goes all expenses paid to World’s in Oklahoma. No pressure. Share/Bookmark

Sometimes the best birthday presents come from the least expected places. Sunday, the best birthday present came from the opposite field. My party on Saturday was a smashing success. I had friends in from far and wide – we drank and ate and made merry. My best friend Maggie’s parents showed up late in the [...]

I turned 30 yesterday. It was one of the best days of my life.  Nothing particularly special happened.  I got up, went to boot camp (they sang to me), spent the day working and running errands for the party we’ve planned for Friday, had a happy hour drink at a hip little spot in town, came [...]

To be honest, I hate purple. And pink. Pink more than purple, but that’s beside the point. Nevertheless, purple turned out to be lucky in the tournament this past weekend (my team has a choice of either red or purple uniforms). Since my camera body is in the shop (it died while I was shooting [...]

It’s the top of the 7th and we’re tied 3-3 in the championship game. Julie has just driven a scorching line drive up the middle for a lead-off single. After a demoralizing 0-for-Saturday showing, my bat has finally come ’round and I step into the box with a mission to drive something down. Pop-outs [...]