60.19 Miles – but who’s counting

Posted by Danny I used to put about 20,000 miles per year on my car.  The past two years, it was 30,000 – the extra 10,000 miles came from a seven mile radius of my house.  Last Tuesday went like this: Route 1:  4:55 pm, North Carolina Dance Institute (5.52 miles) - Sneak out of the [...]

Are you having fun yet?

   Posted by Danny I was at a party last month and someone came up to me and said, “Our family just needs to have more fun – like yours does.”  I thought that was pretty  cool.  A family who has had tremendous sadness over the past few years is seen as a family who [...]

The Mirror Ball

Posted by Danny On Friday we headed to the mountains to cut a fresh Frazier Fir Christmas tree, an annual Tanner family tradition.  Last year Jesse went with us and the two mountain men running the tree farm clearly thought we were a gay couple.  I suppose that’s understandable, although he’s much too young for [...]

I’ll take a sleepover, for 14, please

Posted by Danny It’s the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and two days ago we decided to have a sleepover.  I’m not sure how we ended up with 14 girls, but we did.  Ages ranged from 8 – 15.  I say knock it out all at once! Several folks at work asked me today, “Why in the [...]

A Birthday Ode to Uncle Jesse

Posted by The Tanner Girls (well…with a little help) Jesse, Jesse you are old,  Like a piece of bread with mold. You’re also funny when we’re sad, And you buy us soda unlike dad. You’re on sports radio throughout the day, We finally get to see you at the Christmas play. At 10PM on the couch [...]

A Christmas Carol, Week 2: A Performer In the Making

Posted by Danny Week two is complete, but I made a couple of snafus. There’s a lot to keep in mind when you’re a star… At my age, learning that many words to that many songs is a significant challenge.  It took me three months to commit to memory the name of the woman at [...]

Sunday Post 39: Tight Knit

Posted by Danny A friend wrote me today and shared that her cousin’s wife just died of cancer.  In fact, she wrote that he was on his way back to South Carolina to tell his young children that their mother was gone. As I read, a flood of emotion engulfed me.  I remembered that drive [...]

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