No artist embodies life’s wild curvatures and its massive collection of fragments stashed away and used in new ways more than Antoni Gaudí. So, for this Mother’s Day, because we just spent a glorious, 68-degree 24-hours in his glorious city of Barcelona, my two daughters made their mom a one-of-a-kind […]
This project and story have been sponsored by the DIYZ® app. All opinions are honest and unbiased, as always. There has been a house key stuck in the lock of our back door since the end of winter’s cruel chill. I’ve wiggled. I’ve shook. I even begged on my knees. […]
I had just strolled into my oldest brother’s bedroom when I smelled the smoke. My feet barely brushed the fabric of the carpeted steps as I bolted downstairs, calling out to my mom. Fire wasn’t something I was accustomed to being afraid of, but my 13-year-old brain knew something wasn’t […]
Now that my oldest child is 11 years old and has her own phone, my wife and I have gleefully reached the point as a married couple where we can leave her in charge while we go just around the corner for a bite to eat. Date nights are back, […]
*The post is sponsored by Zazzle.com. The opinions expressed below are my own. The suburbs. Amiright? The ‘burbs in the 21st century can be all kinds of dreadful; strings of intersections and traffic lights and craptastic chain restaurants and cookie cutter big box stores and brand name pharmacies on every […]
This is OWTK’s First Ever Mother’s Day gift idea (it falls short of a gift guide) post but that’s not what the title speaks of. No, today’s post is dedicated to the new mom and the mommies to be (First Mother’s Day – get it?). Whether she’s with child or […]
