My Teacher Voice

For the first time, I had to use my “teacher voice” on The Electrician this week. This is the voice that strikes terror into the heart of teenagers, the voice that means, don’t you mess with me, kid. It’s a tone I reserve for the most serious situations, and unfortunately, The Electrician was directly in…

I Would Be Fired the First Day

The Electrician and I are in Banff, where the sun finally shone on us after days and days of rain. We walked to a great Irish pub a couple blocks from the hotel for a late dinner, and it was drizzling vigorously when we came back out to the street. I think the storm clouds…