My experience at the 2017 St. Louis Submission Challenge.
Goals
2017 in Retrospect
2017, on a personal level, has been a good but busy year. On a national level, it’s been a disaster, but there are many people talking about that in a much better way than I. It’s a bit early to do a year in review for me. There is a lot of good things happening … Continue reading 2017 in Retrospect
A Few Vacation Photos
Vacation! We are back from a ten day vacation in Europe. This vacation fulfilled my lifelong goal to visit Europe, in general, and Paris, specifically. As I readjust to everyday life, I decided to post these few vacation photos. My wife and I spent three days in Amsterdam, three in Paris, and five in Munich. … Continue reading A Few Vacation Photos
A Baseball to the Head
My father once took on the thankless task of being our baseball coach. It was my first year out of tee ball, which meant the big leagues for us. We needed no assistance to make contact with the ball. Now, my father, at this time, played slow pitch softball with his friends on the weekend. … Continue reading A Baseball to the Head
2017 Goal: Short Story Reading
One of my goals from this year has been to read more short stories, and since that's a very vague goal, I rewrote it to say one short story per week. That's a very easy goal to accomplish. Is it too easy? Well, since at this point in the year, I've read more short stories … Continue reading 2017 Goal: Short Story Reading