A life fully lived—a flourishing, impressive, skipper kind of life—is expansive in experiences, abundant in anecdotes, and proliferate with possibility. And that’s just the alliterate stuff. Getting to that kind of life while… Continue reading
It’d been months since “The Great Toddler Hike,” and this session of Mama’s-Got-A-Wedding-To-Photograph-Today started with my now 2-year-old son and I waving out the kitchen window as my wife backed out of the… Continue reading
Earlier today, Skipper Halstead tripped over a broom he was making (don’t ask us how) and smacked right into our stereo, built circa 1992. The dial changed from “All the Best Jazz Standards,… Continue reading
Another day at the office or broom factory or mine or whatever–you’re tired. You just want to come home and relax with your family. And then you get home, and you realize that… Continue reading
The key to disciplined living is disciplined thinking. The key to disciplined thinking? Keeping some of that wild and crazy heart stuff around. Enjoy these lyrics from that great writer of standards, Cole… Continue reading
You don’t always act like a man. And you should probably be ashamed. Sometimes you get dangerously angry. Or pitiably sad. Or boyishly excited. Maybe you even dip into depression or jump to… Continue reading
This is third in a series from Skipper Reneau. Read more of his stuff at michaelreneau.com. On some days it’s easy for me to look at all this and feel awfully full of… Continue reading
We all got raises at the Broom Factory yesterday, either that or the minimum wage was raised again. Anyway, as the boys collected paychecks–now equivalent to what they were in December thanks to… Continue reading
*This is the second post in a series from Skipper Reneau. Read more of his thoughts at michaelreneau.com. Don’t live for the big moments. I think those of us who are inclined to… Continue reading
*Note from the Broom Factory: This is the first in series of posts by Skipper Reneau. The Communications Manager at Summit Ministries, Reneau stopped in to inspect the factory and give the manager,… Continue reading
