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31 MarThe Sky Was Blue; or, Stranger Danger
Note: I gave my creative writing an assignment to write about an experience in their lives in the 3rd person. This is my own attempt at the assignment. The sky was blue, mottled with clouds. A brisk breeze blew from the north. In the city park parking lot a man a touch on the elderly […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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30 SepToday I Am a Hero
I’ve never understood the amount of laundry we do at our house. My wife will proudly announce that she’s done “eight loads today.” She may announce this several times during the week. Do we really have that much laundry? I seem to remember hearing of other households having a laundry “day.” I can’t imagine doing […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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20 AugWhy Doth the Cow Sing?
My house is at the edge of town near a road that leads to two canyons in the mountains just to the east. The road is exactly one mile long and slightly up hill. It’s a great road for walking. On either side of the road are hayfields. Between the fields and me are barbed […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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18 MayThe Man-Truck Police
I’m the artsy type living in a cowboy community. It’s a great little community here as long as you remember your place. I respect their tough cowboy ways and they let me be artistic. We got along fine until I got my pickup truck. You need to understand; down here trucks are for the tough […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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15 MayThe Burning of the Burley Junior High School
Although each child is an individual, children as a group have common dreams. They dream of superpowers and wonder which power would be best. Could Cyclops beat Wolverine? How about Batman against Superman? Children dream of what they would pick if they could have any wish. Should it be all the money in the […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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10 MayHolding Hands with a Stranger
I grew up skinny. I remember as a high school senior getting measurements for a band uniform and my pant measurements were 30” x 30”. These measurements were in spite of frequent Hostess-Os binges where I would eat all six powder-sugar coated, raspberry-jelly filled donuts in a box in one sitting. I would dunk them […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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22 AprSoft Rain on a Canvas Roof
My dad was the sky in the world of my life—even if you weren’t looking you knew he was there. Like most fathers he had a job he had to do. Unlike most fathers he always found a way to include me in his job. I was with him for entire summers at scout camps. […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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19 JulThis Grandpa Has His Own YouTube Gaming Channel
This grandpa has his own gaming channel. You heard me. At sixty years old (well, nearly) I’m big into the computer gaming scene. Perhaps you’ve seen my name on the computer gaming leader boards. Well, probably you haven’t because I made that part up. I do have my own gaming channel, though. Is it odd […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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03 MayI Won’t Use a Riding Mower Until I Have to Use a Riding Shopping Cart at Walmart
About twenty years ago I moved my family from a densely populated urban setting to a rural town of 800 people. We did it for the space. I upgraded my eighth acre to five acres. Ah, breathing room. Aaaah—weeds This small town has no sidewalks or gutters. Every house is on at least a half […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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07 JanI’m Glad I Didn’t Send You Back
There are times when disciplining children that what seems the wrong thing to do is the right thing to do. June 7, 1992 Dear Cory, Yesterday you came into the kitchen where I was doing dishes and excitedly told me how you had taken the cinder block outside and “smashed it!” By the look on […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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