Tag Archives: Growing up

A Look Back, Part II

Posted on July 26, 2014 by thehandsomeweasel

My second entry in an intermittent series of flashbacks to old journal entires. This one finds me at Christmas break, age twenty-one, in my junior year of college. The previous fall I had gone though a bad breakup, and was … Continue reading →

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On Journaling

Posted on July 24, 2014 by thehandsomeweasel

I started my first journal when I was seventeen years old, in the Fall of 1998. After a turbulent start to high school, I began to turn things around for the better in my junior year. I ditched a few … Continue reading →

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Books I Want My Kids to Read

Posted on July 3, 2014 by thehandsomeweasel

In the middle of the night I had an idea to write a blog post about the books I would want my kids to read at different points in their childhoods. I chose one book for the following time periods: Before … Continue reading →

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Full Circle

Posted on December 26, 2013 by thehandsomeweasel

The Christmas break remains a great chance to spend time with old friends in from out of town, and even those that I rarely see but who still live in my area. Late in high school, I spent my time … Continue reading →

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The Best Summer Job I Ever Had

Posted on June 22, 2013 by thehandsomeweasel

During four summers in college I worked for my local park district cutting the grass in my town. I didn’t make much money at it, but I had fun and the experience taught me a few things. My job was … Continue reading →

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The Man I Want to Be

Posted on June 19, 2013 by thehandsomeweasel

About a year into my marriage, I began to think more deeply about the kind of man, husband, and (eventually) father I want to be. I had thought about this before, in both my adolescent and adult life, but never … Continue reading →

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The Boss

Posted on March 2, 2013 by thehandsomeweasel

The last few weeks I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Peter A. Carlin’s recent biography of Bruce Springsteen, titled Bruce. If you’re a fan of The Boss, it’s a great listen, and the narrator is excellent. He actually changes the … Continue reading →

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A Look Back, Part I

Posted on December 27, 2012 by thehandsomeweasel

My previous post about my writing experience gave me the idea to share with you some samples of journal entires I wrote in the past. This one is from August 25, 1999. I was seventeen years old and had just … Continue reading →

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