The entries in the Personal and Family section are writings primarily concerning family memories and sometimes personal reflections in the context of conversation with family and close friends.
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Cool Ride on a Hot Summer’s Day
It was a very warm summer’s day. It was getting further into the afternoon and was already past time for my normally late lunch. I chose to ride to a nearby fast food eatery, Taco Bell, to grab something to … Continue reading →
He’s Not the Man
“He’s not the man I married.” Lori Beth would often express to friends and relatives that much had changed in me since the experience of the brain injury. The injury itself had healed some time back, at least as much … Continue reading →
Cat Litter
It was late afternoon. I hadn’t had the bike out all day. Temperatures were in the high seventies, a change from the cool weather we’d recently been experiencing. I got a call from my nutritionist to tell me one of … Continue reading →
And That’s How the Morning Goes
I awakened earlier this morning than I needed to rise. I remembered the weather expectation was for cooler temperatures today so I checked at weather.com before rolling over. The current temp was sixty-one which was about as high as they … Continue reading →
A Short Ride to Walmart
It was getting late in the day. Over the past several days when lacing my boots I’d noticed that one of the laces was beginning to fray. I’d told myself that I needed to get new strings, maybe this time … Continue reading →
Finding the Pavement, Again
Saturday Lori Beth was going to be occupied by her catering from early in the morning until late at night. I really don’t enjoy being alone in the house. Along about midday I went up to the church kitchen where … Continue reading →
Making an Old Man’s Day
A few evenings back my wife, Lori Beth, and I were preparing tee shirts to be shipped. I had printed the labels and Lori was stuffing the envelopes and the packages. It was getting to be late and my type … Continue reading →
Going InZane! by Bruce Wood (DDT)
My second favorite InZane… My favorite, naturally, will always be the one in Asheville, NC, where ALI became ‘our girl’, and she and I were reunited! Dang, it’s hard to believe that was three years ago… Time sure flies, as … Continue reading →
The Meet-Up… by Bruce Wood (DDT)
Trout dude had mentioned several times that he wanted to make a road trip, and we’d even kicked around a few possibilities. He already had plans to hook-up with MitchO in Billings, and they’d be sharing a room. He did … Continue reading →
In the Beginning… by Bruce Wood (DDT)
Looking back on it now, I really should have seen it coming… I had postponed a decision on attending InZane ‘until sometime later’, when I would know for sure if I really wanted to go. The venue certainly wasn’t causing … Continue reading →