Author Archives: Kit and Drew Coons

My molar tooth developed an abscess. After a root canal, it broke off at the gum line. A dental implant was my only option. A dental surgeon drilled a hole in my jawbone and screwed in a permanent anchor. See … Continue reading →

Not really Drew. Unless you count hiring a lumber jack as me felling the tree.  A four-foot diameter hemlock died and remained precariously hovering 150 feet over our house. Western hemlocks have little rot resistance and thereby fall within a … Continue reading →

  Kit and I caught these two fish on Saturday. Mine was slightly bigger this year. But Kit caught the most, about twenty.  Our friends, Kirk and Lynn Murry, caught some nice fish too.     We only kept two fish … Continue reading →

“Well, that was fun,” said Kit.  We had just spent six hours on Saturday standing behind a table offering our novels for sale. Although we both felt tired, I readily agreed with her because vending at markets is more than … Continue reading →

As a bookworm, I read reviews.  A Marriage at Sea is a true story compiled by Sophie Elmhirst.  The story describes the experience of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey who spent 118 days adrift at sea after a chance collision with … Continue reading →

Georgia Tech’s graduate school is consistently rated third nationally only behind MIT and Cal Tech. Earlier this year Kit and I visited the campus in Atlanta on the fiftieth anniversary of my start there. Every graduate student then had finished … Continue reading →

Between tree gaps, Kit and I saw two symmetrical objects with flat bottoms and rounded tops hovering above Mt. Rainer. Sadly, like other UFO spotters, we did not get a photo. Driving on the interstate at the time would have … Continue reading →

Kit keeps taking my clothes. When asked about their whereabouts, she brightly responds, “I’m washing them for you.” “Don’t you know that clothes have a limited number of washes in them? And you never know when a sock won’t come … Continue reading →

Pictured is the heading from our More Than Ordinary Lives website. The underlying theme to our writing is people perceived as ordinary doing extraordinary things because of their persistence and decisions rather than innate superior ability. In 2017, prior to … Continue reading →

Recently I spent several hours online trying to pay property taxes a week before the deadline. The County Treasurer’s website acted erratically and refusing to recognize me by account number, address, or name. Finally, after probably twenty attempts I connected, … Continue reading →