100 Shades of Me

If you have grade school kids you may be familiar with 100th day of school celebrations.  Students are invited to bring in 100 of some ‘thing‘ and they happily spend the day gluing 100 pieces of Ziti or 100 Cheerios onto a big poster board.  Like so many other child and school related scenarios, it…

Gone Fishin’

I’m not really going fishing.  If you’ve been following WCD for a while, you have a pretty good idea of how I feel about outdoor pursuits…  But I will be taking some time off from new posts for a few weeks to spend time with family, friends, and the best city in the world.  If…

Game of Blogs

When I started Wine and Cheese (Doodles) last year, the original intent was to document a journey of rediscovery.  Nothing too ornate or complex, mind you, just a rediscovery of my newly bought and paid for free time. With both boys finally in school full-time and a stretch of cleared calendar ahead of me, I…

Your blog punched my blog right in the nose

I have hit the proverbial wall.  In fact, I am standing against the proverbial wall and banging my head against it, repeatedly.  For about a month now, I have been trying to write my way through the wall, struggling not only with tone and wording, but also with the realization that no matter how much…