Mauled by a raccoon.

Mauled by a raccoon.

While at work on Wednesday, dad called me and alleviated my “no one contacts me at work” ho-hums. I don’t remember the original purpose of the call, but, as usual, we ended with the “any news” segment that the entire Neidlinger family is known for. There generally isn’t much news, but we ask it of [...]

The old stink eye.

The old stink eye.

I was subbing for second grade at school, and that’s how I found myself in the cafeteria, watching from the “teacher’s” lunch table as one of the little fellows in the class made his cheese pizza talk and vomit on his classmate. Though I’ll admit he was clever and deft with the folding and handling [...]

The cruelest thing.

David wrote a wonderful post and got me to thinking about something: It seems like the cruelest thing is that life goes on. Two things occurred in our region just in the past weekend that have made me gape at the reality of that statement. On Sunday morning, Pastor Bill passed away. He was young [...]