by robert | Feb 1, 2012 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
This is how cute I think I am: Before I go driving with my 15-year-old daughter, Poppy, I burn a CD of songs loosely related to piloting an automobile. The playlist runs the gamut from “Sober Driver” by Dengue Fever to one of Poppy’s favorites:...
by robert | Jan 4, 2012 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
This Christmas, in addition to jeggings and Nerf hatchets, my children Poppy and London also received gifts from a friend who had been in the Middle East visiting family. Poppy’s bounty included sweets from far-off lands, a tube of Jordanian lipstick that...
by robert | Dec 7, 2011 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
For some men, it’s a 1969 Shelby Cobra GT 350. For others, it’s a 10-point whitetail buck. What gets my blood moving is different from that of most great American males of the new millennium. Grocery stores make my heart race. Case in point: On...
by robert | Nov 16, 2011 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
Before tweens and hillbillies started singing that horrid Nickelback anthem, it was the secret dream of most writers to play in a rock ’n’ roll band. Some authors, including Rick Moody, Stephen King and even (alas!) Barbara Kingsolver, have actually nailed...
by robert | Nov 8, 2011 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
Schools have to be creative when fundraising, especially in a tough economy, so I shouldn’t have been shocked to see a trailer and two large metal ramps parked where the crossing guard usually stands in front of my son London’s elementary. As I walked up...
by robert | Oct 6, 2011 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
From the Passenger’s Seat: what goes through my mind as my daughter learns to drive 1. Not bad, not bad. Maybe she could be a decent driver. 2. Watch out for that assneck pulling out of her driveway. 3. That abrupt stop did not help my headache. I might...
