Author: daylerogers
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It’s Not Over Till The Fat Tree Goes Down
This is not something I particularly enjoy. Not something I look forward to Putting Christmas away. Even writing that seems sad. There’s the cleaning up of the decorations and the tree trimmings. Packing them away for another year. Getting all the bins back in the attic. Me dangling from the hole in the garage ceiling…
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Memories, Musings and More
There’s something to be said to being a bit contemplative as the new year begins. Thoughts of the old year ending. Thinking on the highlights that made it memorable. Considering the challenges that made it tough. Looking back at moments I wanted to last. Remembering times I just wanted to make it through. Life, in…
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When Reality Mixes With Tradition
We wanted to come up with a tagline for our Christmas this year. With everyone home, the house bursting at the seams with people, laughter, games and drama, we needed a title for the memory. Rogers’ epic Christmas. Celebrating tradition in grandeur and scope. It’s been non-stop motion and talk. Noise levels that have kept…
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What Do I Have To Do To Get It?
I’ve come to grips with my inability to remember random numbers. As in passwords and logins and various other forms of computer minutia that make no sense to me. All I want to do is talk to my devices and have them do what I ask. That’s called being a tech alien. I sat…
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When Reindeer Games Meet Family
They’ve been coming in from all over the country. The sheep are returning to the flock. The kids are coming home. We haven’t all been together in over a year. But every other year at Christmas, they come back. Like a pilgrimage. Six kids, five spouses, six grandkids–we fill the house quite nicely. Their coming…