Being a Naval Academy parent has led me to connect pretty much everything back to life on The Yard and Easter is no different. My complicated relationship with Easter began more than 40 years ago, sitting on the couch in the family room on a cool overcast morning. I was staring at a chocolate bunny … Continue reading Reflections on Easter and “your experience is the right experience”

A fellow USNA parent messaged me on Facebook the other day. "Sorry to see that you've shut down your blog. I guess since your son graduated, you had to move on," then went on with a few humbling platitudes. My first thought was that I had let the domain expire and some URL squatter had … Continue reading Adrift among endless ROM and COVID fatigue

I have found it increasingly difficult to write as 2020 smoldered to its inevitable end and 2021 began with little regard for all the hope we had pinned upon its arrival. My confidence that things - I mean everything ... or at least something - would actually change and improve began to wane under the … Continue reading Groundhog Day: USNA 2021 style

Someone asked how I was feeling the other day and the only word I could think of was fatigued. Not tired. Tired indicates that a little sleep or relaxation will cure your ills. Fatigued goes deeper than that, and I definitely feel like I've gone beyond tired. The Brigade has entered the Dark Ages of … Continue reading Looking for light in the darkest of Dark Ages

There are a lot of things you learn to love and appreciate during your time as a Naval Academy parents and right there near the top of this list are traditions. Even if they make no sense today, you learn the history behind them and learn to embrace them. When one of those traditions gets … Continue reading Are we near the end of USNA’s “Back To The Future?”