Happy Thanksgiving season everybody. Hurrah, hooray, yippee, wahoo, it’s Thanksgiving time. It’s time to stuff your face with leftover Halloween candy, decorate your home with hand turkeys, and, most importantly, read Thanksgiving stories out loud, together, as a family. Hey, I just happen to know a Thanksgiving story that would be perfect for the occasion….
Guess what. I wrote a book. And it’s out now. Ok, you probably guessed it based on the title of this post. But it’s pretty exciting anyway. Here’s a description: Sue loves Thanksgiving. But this year, a power outage threatens to ruin the day. While her parents try to reassure her that everything will be…
I’m angry. That’s not something you’ll hear me say very often. I don’t do anger well at all. I put myself through some pretty crazy contortions to avoid being angry. If you were to walk up to me, slap me across the face with your gloves, and say, “You, Gene Glotzer, are a horrible excuse…
Here we are with story number eleven in my twelve stories in twelve months challenge. The prompt this month was “All We Need” and the word count was 500. With such a short word count, I decided to write a children’s story. And since it’s November, I thought a Thanksgiving story would be appropriate. As…
My dad asked a question the other day, “If Kermit and Piggy had kids, what would they look like?” That’s a fair question. What would they look like? My first thought was that the girls would be pigs and the boys would be frogs. That’s what happens in The Muppet Christmas Carol when Kermit plays…
On the morning of March 14, 2018, students all over the country participated in a school walkout to protest gun violence and to honor the seventeen children killed in Parkland, FL. In a lot of ways, this was inspiring, seeing thousands of kids believe in a cause and actually try to do something about it….
Today my daughter asked me what a calorie is. I told her it was a unit of energy. Then she asked me what a unit is. I told her a unit is a single thing. And she asked, “But what IS it?” I was stumped. So, I did what any parent would in this day…
“Ho, ho, ho, it’s that time of year again,” Santa said. It was one month until Christmas. “Time to start matching the Nice List with the Wish List.” An elf named Whinny placed two giant books on Santa’s desk. Santa opened the one to his left and said, “Let’s see. Ah! I knew it, ho, ho. …
Today, my niece Khalia was born. She came into our world at a healthy nine pounds, five ounces. She is my brother’s first child, and my first niece or nephew. I’m surprised by how excited I am at the prospect of being an uncle. I love kids- babies and children and even teenagers. I like talking…
My daughter recently learned how to tie her own shoes. This is an exciting development. She’s very proud of herself. And I’m very proud of her. But, now we are late wherever we go. It takes her a solid ten to fifteen minutes to tie them satisfactorily. It’s adorable and maddening. That seems to be…
