Two fact keep staring me in the face. LE starts high school on Monday. He’s as tall as me. Honestly, have I entered a time warp whereby everything has been fast-forwarded and I am just now getting around to noticing? Woody & Buzz, Where Are You? It seems like yesterday that Justin was that cute little 4 year-old boy toting his Woody the Cowboy and Buzz...

I thought perhaps we’d survive this round of budget cuts untouched. No so fast, Solo-dad. It seems that due to ‘budget cuts’ – really getting to hate that phrase- the school bus routes that served our area are now no longer in use. At first, the school’s website posted a note saying that bus service was being effected by the budget cuts...

As I’ve mentioned here before, my youngest son goes by the nickname of Little Elvis (LE). It stems from his early interest (dare I say, obsession) with Elvis Presley.  Though my mother is to blame…I mean thank for his Elvis-mania, I’ve also played a role in encouraging his interest. I did take him to Graceland in 2006 where we toured the house where Elvis...

We’d planned this for a couple of months. Little Elvis and I made reservations to eat at The Crow’s Nest in Santa Cruz for my birthday (I’m 51 as of 8a Central). Jody Greenberg, a local Santa Cruz musician, fronts for a Tom Petty cover band called The Refugees and they were slated to play The Crow’s Nest on Saturday. LE’s been playing a lot of Tom Petty...