Alex Boney
New Year, Old Ennui
The small apple tree in my back yard still has a few apples clinging to their branches months after they should have fallen. They’re not...
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Alex Boney
Aug 3, 2021
The Layovers You Remember
Four years ago today, Kristy and I started a trip to Frankfurt, Germany. We deliberately scheduled a long layover in San Diego, since...
Alex Boney
Jul 4, 2021
The Family Heirloom
Kristy and I received this chip-and-dip plate as a wedding gift almost 19 years ago. Our wedding was in August, so it wasn't some sort of...
Alex Boney
Jun 20, 2021
Father's Day at Camp
Conor has been at Bartle Boy Scouts camp for a week, and today was Visitors Day. He showed us the Lakefront and a cliff overlook called...
Alex Boney
Jun 18, 2021
Almost-Summer Days and Nights
I worked a lot today. I did. I turned in a couple projects and made some good progress on some archival rewrites and did some research...
Alex Boney
May 15, 2021
Stop Saying People Don't Want to Work.
This morning as I was sitting in the bleachers watching Grant play tee-ball, I overheard a conversation a nearby family nearby was...
Alex Boney
May 6, 2021
Pet Grief
I said goodbye to Benjy two years ago today. It's one of those memories that makes me stop for a minute and...not really think, but...
Alex Boney
Mar 16, 2021
Thought Bubbles
I've been going through my phone off and on for the last week, clearing things out in preparation for an upgrade. I've had this phone for...
Alex Boney
Feb 25, 2021
Fragments 02/25
Sometimes I see or hear or experience things and put words to them as the day goes by, but they don't really fit anywhere. Occasionally I...
Alex Boney
Feb 21, 2021
City Hiking is Hiking, Too.
Conor’s Scouts troop planned an urban hike in Kansas City yesterday, and Conor was kind enough to let me tag along. We walked more than 6...
Alex Boney
Jan 2, 2021
Starting a New Year After the Worst Year
Beginning around mid-March last year, I stopped looking at my Facebook memories. I used to look at them pretty often. As the years...
Alex Boney
Nov 17, 2020
A Year Without a Smoke
I smoked my last cigarette a year ago today. On November 17th last year I went to a Wilco show at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City, and...
Alex Boney
Jul 23, 2020
The Weirdness of Going Back to Work
I started a new job last Friday. Today was my fifth day. I like it a lot, and I still can’t believe I got this lucky in this economy. I’m...
Alex Boney
Jul 21, 2020
Blind Spots
The rain fell hard on my way to work today. It was one of those rains you could hear over your radio—one that made you slow down because...
Alex Boney
Jul 15, 2020
The Words We Don't Send
I sometimes wonder what happens to all the unsent messages we compose. We write and communicate all the time, whether we actually type it...
Alex Boney
Jul 11, 2020
The Comfort Clothes of Highs and Lows
On my first day of work at Hallmark (June 2012), I wore a sportscoat, a tie, and slacks because I didn’t know what the dress code was. It...
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