I just spent a few days at my youngest daughter’s house. We’ve go three grand babies there, with a fourth on the way at the end of summer. We love the kids, but lets be honest here, the grand kids are the attraction! One of my favorite parts of any visit to this particular clump…

It’s been almost 25 years since I was incarcerated. A ton of stuff has happened in the interim, including a lot of introspection. For that reason, it’s always a pleasant surprise when I come across a new understanding of myself. I served 8 months on a one year sentence, but it turns out that I…

Here’s a little fact for you: you can’t spell “Minister of Mocha” without “Sam”. You, I did the math. It’s all true. I met a guy named Sam this past week. I happened to be wearing my Minister of Mocha apron while I was helping on a friend’s food truck. As I came out to…

I rolled into my local Starbucks this morning and had absolutely no clue what I would be writing about. Then the music on the “radio” changed. (It’s not a radio, but it’s the house music system and I don’t know what else to call it. It’s like calling a tissue Kleenex.) The song that came…

I was watching a hockey game last night. There’s nothing particularly new about that. As it happens, I was watching it after it happened because I had waited for Mrs MoM to head to bed before I fired it up. I know she isn’t always down to watch the copious amount of sports that I…

Yesterday was Easter Sunday. I went to church then went out to lunch with my mom. The afternoon was a bit low key, then in the early evening Mrs. MoM and I left to pick up a friend at the airport in the LA area. I was very excited about the trip because I made…

Today I get to play the part of plumber. We have same new fixtures for our shower/tub that I need to install. Doing minor plumbing jobs is not a big deal. I know the drill. I’ve done plenty of it. This job is a little different in that I have to work through the back…

In watching the football this weekend I was once again left scratching my head at the decisions of the officials. Before you start in on me whining about a call against my team, let me just say that I was rooting against the team that was wronged. A player on one team came crashing in…

My grandson got a couple of vaccine shots this week. Yup, shots. There’s plenty of actual science to back it up, so, yeah, he got some vaccines. Anyhow, as you might imagine, he was not happy about it. They put some bandaids over the pokes to “make it better”. That’s where we pick up our…

My grandson in Hawaii has been on Spring Break for the past week. Staying up late and sleeping in have become the thing for him. That all comes crashing down today. It’s back to school for him and back to work for his Mom as well. I say it comes crashing down because there was…