My wife, Amber, has a subtle way of dropping hints for me to do things: She tells them to our dog, Oreo.“Oreo, I wish my husband will do something nice and extra special for me on Valentine’s Day, which falls on Tuesday next week.”“Amber,” I say, “I’m sitting right next to ...
They say a man’s home is his castle, but I’m guessing that phrase didn’t come into play before the idea of the king’s princess and princesses having sleepovers.Then again, I imagine maybe they did have sleepovers at the castles back in those days, but they likely ended in bloodshed, as ...
Last week, a coworker told me to take a look at a recent photo of singer Madonna – not so much to show me something, but more of a dare, like when you’re dared to stand in front of a mirror and say “Candyman” five times and then he appears to bury a hook into your skull.Sorry, I’ve ...
I want to start the new year with an upbeat, uplifting, upheaving story to give people the feeling there’s hope on the horizon and the best of those stories are born out of what’s perceived to be an otherwise dire event.Nothing better illustrates such a story like the one I recently read ...
Ah, New Year’s Day. Some call it the beginning of something new, but I consider it the end of a marathon of tradition and nostalgia for two holidays in the course of one week.And when I refer to traditions as a marathon, I mean like a marathon in each and every town, each county, all the ...
Christmas 2021 was a bittersweet experience in the Hofmann household as it marked the year that then-11-year-old Emma told us she stopped believing in Santa Claus.Well, technically, she didn’t tell us. She told my wife, Amber, earlier that day. Amber, later at the dinner table, said, “Emma ...
