Alas, poor snow days, we knew ye well

From the desk of friendly neighborhood Paragraph Stacker Daniel P. Finney of Des Moines, Iowa. The digital invades our daily lives in uncounted ways, but the war on snow days may prove the cruelest cut. I watched the school closing scroll across my TV Sunday night. Many closed, but others moved classes to an all-virtualContinue reading “Alas, poor snow days, we knew ye well”

One day at Brown Shoe Fit Company

From the desk of Paragraph Stacker Daniel P. Finney from Des Moines, Iowa. I needed new shoes. I usually buy New Balance. Those are appropriate sneakers for middle-aged men. I’ve long outgrown shoes for style. My shoes are all function. And that’s what New Balance makes. I usually buy my shoes at one of theContinue reading “One day at Brown Shoe Fit Company”

Stuff my dad texts

From the desk of friendly neighborhood paragraph stacker Daniel P. Finney of Des Moines, Iowa. Super Bowl celebration in my house as a boy usually involved my dad and me stretched out on the basement furniture with bowls of popcorn on our bellies and a fizzy Pepsi on ice on coasters atop the end table.Continue reading “Stuff my dad texts”