I wanted a better "how we met story" to tell the neighbors.

I get an idea for a podcast episode for National Podcast Post Month (30 episodes in 30 days). When I try to get Brian to say something that he has said a zillion times before, it doesn't go as planned. But we have a good laugh and that's better than pl...

My dad and I take Kathleen back to Idaho via Butte, MT. Music - Lift Motif by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Old cassette tapes prove that a story I've told multiple times is wrong.

I still have dreams about driving that car. - Music - Lift Motif by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

South Dakota might as well have been the moon. - Music - Lift Motif by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Thinking I recorded over an interview with my dad, I hoped to find him on the other side of the tape. Music - Lift Motif by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Perspectives by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

By a certain age, we ought to know that it is useless to try to impress someone. Or at least we should know not to do it at the expense of who we are. This episode is part of a series I’m doing for National Podcast Post Month.

Even though I don't have the old cassette tapes I recorded with my dad when I was a child, I do have some tapes that capture him just fine. - Music - Lift Motif by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Perspectives by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

I was charmed by the way people often laughed as they responded to this question. What's so funny about using salt to clean a cast iron skillet? You also hear pride in some voices. Saving money on a dryer repair or fixing a bicycle is a real accomplish...