Puttering Along

I am not good at doing nothing. Sitting idle isn’t for me. I’m not happy unless I’m doing something.
Hearing that, you might think that I’m a paragon of productivity; a man on the move; someone who gets things done. You would be wrong.
I’m a putterer.
While some men invest their energy in creating [...]

Small Projects

My wife met me at the door when I came home and said, “Guess what came in the mail today?”
After more than two decades of marriage I know better than to give her a straight answer to a question like that. So I said, “I don’t know. My commitment papers?”
“No. I keep those [...]