Tag: Ayden

August 20, 2025 THE COAL SPEAKER

The not so amazing Coal Speaker summer vacation

We were gone for a bit. But not far. Just gone long enough to be partially forgotten…

For two nights now, my son told me this before dozing off: Something is missing. When pressed for more information, he simply responded he doesn’t know what it is, but he definitely feels like something is missing..

We all do.

April 18, 2021 THE COAL SPEAKER

The brief respite in the Smoky Mountains

I am not one to throw vacation photos at you and demand attention.. But remember those old days? The big

October 20, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

Knoebels during the season of the witch

I’m pretty proud of my little tradition.. Each year since my son was 5 years old, I was able to

June 14, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

Fatherly advice from five years ago

Happy Father’s Day 2019 … my son is 8 now and going on 18. Really. He is a best friend

January 11, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

Slumdog Sunflowers

Slumdog Sunflowers .. is it me or does Post Malone sound a lot like Paper Planes? … and BOTH songs are great! Just sayin’ is all..