Good luck with the new Rogue, dear daughter

Wonderful choice. The Kia Soul had to go, terrific daughter Elisabeth reported in her text. It was inspection time, and her trusted mechanic could work a miracle no more. So meetings were set and negotiations settled. Spiffy, says Dad. A gorgeous new Nissan Rogue sits in the driveway in front of Elisabeth and George Three’s…

My daughter’s got Soul

The text came in Wednesday night, with the happy photo. My terrific daughter Elisabeth was at the car lot. She’d been handed over the keys to her first brand new car. At 26 years old, Elisabeth drove home her Kia Soul, the one she picked out herself. Yes, wonderful significant George Three shared some of…

We kept getting drawn to the red one

My dear wife Karen and I have been watching Daryl drive his Honda Civic for a lot of years. Pretty car. Almost new car when grandpa helped him out back then. Sturdy car. A car that did its duty well, far more than 100,000 miles worth. With summer winding down, though, my fine stepson wasn’t…