Author: Brandon Kraft

  • Drive Like You’re Invisible

    I drive a white 10-passenger Ford Transit. It’s a decent size. This morning, someone stopped and proceeded through the intersection (where I had no stop sign) right in front of me. Standing on the brake and laying on the horn, I’m not sure how I didn’t hit him, but stopped just short. I’m in a…

  • Next season

    I just realized that if all five of my baseball girls play next season, we would be spread across four teams. 12U, 10U, 8U, and two in 6U. That would be a lot of practices and games to juggle! Yikes.

  • Dad’s Birthday

    Dad’s Birthday

    Today, Dad would have been 76 years old, which is an odd thing to think about. Still young enough that, all in all, it would be normal for him to be living still, but old enough that I can’t imagine him actually being that age. Here is me with him at probably the last time…

  • A facelift‽‽‽

    Indeed. I switched the site over to the very alpha, raw, unfinished version of Twenty Twenty, the upcoming default theme that will be released with a future version of WordPress. Over the years, I’ve found the best way to find and fix bugs with the default themes is to use it on a site you…

  • Live Big, Love Bigger

    Kathryn Whitaker‘s new book, Live Big, Love Bigger hit shelves yesterday and I couldn’t put it down. I’ve known Kathryn for probably nearly 15 years now—she was the graphic designer that created most of the paper printed for the University Catholic Center when I worked there. We became friends through her amazing design, my knack…

  • El Paso Shooting (and Dayton too)

    El Paso Shooting (and Dayton too)

    Thankfully, we did not have any family or friends involved at the recent El Paso shooting, but far too many people are not able to say the same thing today. One family member was there no more than two hours before the shooting and there is no reason why she was spared while others were…