By The Howitzer Dear Josh, I want to spend a little time unpacking the definition of manhood that I mentioned last week. If you remember we were using a definition from Robert Lewis’ book Raising a Modern-Day Knight. He says that a real man rejects passivity. Passivity is a big word that I think you [...]
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By The Howitzer Dear Josh, Tomorrow you turn 7 years old and I have been racking my brain about how to tie this birthday into a bigger picture manhood plan for you. I have been re-reading a book by Robert Lewis called Raising a Modern-Day Knight. He subtitles it “A Father’s Role In Guiding His [...]
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By James Kissinger “My heart started to race, and my palms grew damp. I walked down the bus aisle to the tiny restroom in the rear and washed up in the metal basin. I studied my face in the mirror and wondered what New Yorkers would think when they looked at me. Would they [...]
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By James Kissinger In the first article I wrote for this site, Daughters, I mentioned a new tradition our family began in 2008 – the awarding of the “Best Campfire Story” trophy on our family camping trips. We’d long told stories around the campfire, but the addition of this five dollar trophy made something that [...]
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By Greg Primm The First Story It’s New Year’s Day and I’ve just spent the last 3 hours putting the Christmas decorations in the attic and cleaning out my office. By office I just mean the room we call the office — it’s really just a glorified storage room. It sounds better to say “put [...]
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By James Kissinger Today is December 31, 2008. Another year has come and gone. A time for reflection. For most of this year the password into my email account has been “phoenix2008.” A daily reminder that, like the mythical bird, this would be the year I arose from the ashes to live again. [...]
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By Greg Primm I hope everyone had a great Christmas day! For the first time ever, I didn’t leave the house on Christmas day. Normally, we celebrate Christmas morning at our house with the kids, have a big breakfast, and then play with toys before heading to my parent’s house about an hour away [...]
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By James Kissinger “Next to me in the blackness lay my oiled blue steel beauty. The greatest Christmas gift I had ever received, or would ever receive. Gradually, I drifted off to sleep, pringing ducks on the wing and getting off spectacular hip shots.” — Ralphie, speaking of his Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range [...]
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By James Kissinger I met Coin Harvey shortly after I moved to Rogers, Arkansas in 1985. Okay, I didn’t actually “meet” him, he’d died about 50 years prior, but I learned of him. A buddy and I used to drive out east of town on Hwy 94, following the road until it literally [...]
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By Greg Primm Last night as I was driving home after picking up the girls from their grandparents I asked my 7 year old daughter what she wants to be when she grows up. Her answer was “either a school teacher or a singer like Taylor Swift or Miley Cyrus”. Being the great father I [...]
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