Evelyn Day 13 It is Wednesday, 29 March 2023. Good morning! I hope you are having a good morning. We’re about a week into spring, and there are signs of seasonal change. I look out into the front yard, and I can see the wild onions sprouting. This weekend I’m going to have to check …
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Mar 28
Day 21,743
Evelyn Day 12 It is Tuesday morning, 28 March 2023. I would love to be able to tell you that the news overnight was all rainbows and glitter, but that would not be the case. Some bad things happened in the world yesterday. Where do I start? Evelyn, honey, we’re all going to have choices …
Mar 27
Day 21,742
Evelyn Day 11 Good morning! It is Monday, 27 March 2023. Good morning to you, Evie. This weekend was kind of special, and you might need to look at some pictures to understand why. My mother was born in August 1942. She is 80 years old. Yesterday she met her first great-grandchild. Your mom and …
Mar 24
Day 21,739
Evelyn Day 8 Y’know, if I’m going to start tracking my granddaughter’s days, I should try a different method: math and all that. I use a website to calculate my days quickly – Rod Martin’s site has a “my days” calculator that’s quick and easy to use. OK, back to the regular opening… Good morning! …
Mar 23
Day 21,738
Evelyn Day 7 Good morning! I hope you are well on this Thursday, the 23rd day of March 2023. Today marks one week since Evelyn arrived, and today is looking like a pretty good day. I wrapped up a three-day course yesterday. I know that I sat the course when it first came out, but …
Mar 22
Day 21,737
Good morning! It is 22 March 2023, and it might be time for me to change my post greeting. Good morning, Evelyn. Today is your Day 6. I’m your grampa. You are the single brightest light in our lives today, and that is an undeniable fact. I would love to tell you that you have …
Mar 21
Day 21,736
It is Tuesday morning, 21 March 2023, and spring hasn’t entirely sprung yet, but the wild onions in the yard are peaking up a little higher than anything else that’s green. Pretty soon here it will be time to get the mower, tractor, and gator ready to roll around the property and get some lawn …
Mar 20
Day 21,735
Good morning! It is 20 March 2023, and the US is still not on the metric system. Yeah, I’m in a goofy mood this morning. Day four of being a grandparent is off to the kind of start you’d expect. I stepped on the scale and didn’t receive bad news, grabbed a couple glasses of …
Mar 17
Day 21,732
Good morning, and happy St. Patrck’s Day… it is 17 March 2023, it is my nephew Keegan’s birthday, and it is the day after. Evelyn Kay was born yesterday at 7:40 PM. Mother and child are doing well. She weighed in at a healthy 9 lbs, 20 inches in length, and the right number of …
Mar 16
Day 21,731
Good morning! It is Thursday, 16 March 2023. It is 6 months until I turn 60… and the day Lisa and I will most likely become grandparents. Gracie was admitted to the hospital yesterday – later in the day than I thought (AM v PM mix-up on my part). Poor thing has been in the …