Back to Playing Baseball

Remember Chuy, the dude who owns the car wash/batting cage me and Lucas practice at? He plays on a team in a serious amateur league, and I got a call from him last Friday night asking (actually more like begging) me to fill in for their shortstop the next day. It was a playoff game, … Continue reading Back to Playing Baseball →

Lucas Update

I’ve got a couple updates about Lucas and my baseball tutoring gig. He had a pretty good season off the bench. He did some pinch hitting and got some playing time at 2nd and center (that gave him a chance to show off that arm I had nothing to do with lol.) He batted .260, … Continue reading Lucas Update →

Grandfather’s Day

I wrote a whole two-part post about Dad for last Father’s Day. I never followed up and told y’all Dad’s reaction to the piece. I was afraid he’d think it was a little too emotional…but he said it was the nicest Father’s Day present I ever gave him. I’m glad he liked it. It’s still … Continue reading Grandfather’s Day →

Sitting for Sabrina

So I’ve been sitting for Sabrina for a couple weeks now, and I think she’s finally arrived at a pose for the picture. So far she’s spent her time doing what she calls “preliminary sketches” of me in all kinds of positions. She’s sketched me standing, sitting, shirt on, shirt off, ball cap on, ball … Continue reading Sitting for Sabrina →

The Santa Barbara Weekend (last part)

I was still deciding if I wanted to go along with Sabrina painting my picture when me and Joyce headed downstairs for breakfast. I got some eggs, bacon and deviled kidneys, and took the empty chair next to Sabrina. “Have you decided?” “I’m not sure about one thing. Meemaw – my grandmother – brought up … Continue reading The Santa Barbara Weekend (last part) →

The Santa Barbara Weekend (part 5)

So I still wasn’t sure about whether to let Sabrina – a world-famous artist me and Joyce met over our weekend staying at Justen Hunnycut’s house in Santa Barbara – paint me. That’s even after Luke showed me the portrait she’d done of him, which I liked…and which wasn’t weirdass or super modern or anything … Continue reading The Santa Barbara Weekend (part 5) →

The Baseball Gods

Never say there's no such thing as the baseball gods. I did my best not to jinx the Dodgers in the last post I wrote about them, and look at what’s happened. True, Kiké Hernandez did hit a home run during one of the two losses to the Angels last week…but, only a few days … Continue reading The Baseball Gods →

The Santa Barbara Weekend (part 4)

It’s not every day that a world famous artist asks to paint you. But that’s what happened: while Joyce and I were up in Santa Barbara for the weekend. Sabrina – who has work hanging in several museums – asked me to sit for her. (“Sit” in that sense was my new word for the … Continue reading The Santa Barbara Weekend (part 4) →

Dodgers Update

So what about the Dodgers, since it’s not all about my having my portrait painted by a famous artist me and Joyce met when we were staying with Justen Hunnycut a couple weekends ago in Santa Barbara? They certainly are tempting me to count me some chickens before they hatch: it’s June 4th and they’re … Continue reading Dodgers Update →