Derrick Goold's Blog, page 111

360/366 Underneath the tree was a box of unopened wax packs,...

360/366 Underneath the tree was a box of unopened wax packs, many leftover from my youth and …

359/366 On Christmas Eve, all the stockings were hung with care...

359/366 On Christmas Eve, all the stockings were hung with care until they were so bloated with goodies they tumbled to the bottom of the tree … (Dec. 24, 2012)

356/366 On Dec. 21, Cardinals third baseman David Freese pilots...

356/366 On Dec. 21, Cardinals third baseman David Freese pilots Santa’s sleigh toward Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital for a toy delivery.

341/366 Yes, the boy wonder picked out our Christmas tree. No,...

341/366 Yes, the boy wonder picked out our Christmas tree. No, it’s not from the “Charlie Browns” section. And, yes, I carried it all the way from the tree lot … up the street.

Think of man’s best friends, the forgotten victim of a...

Think of man’s best friends, the forgotten victim of a newspaper’s demise. (From “Hi and Lois” on Dec. 10, 2012.)

354/366 St. Nick’s Firetruck O’ Toys arrives at...

354/366 St. Nick’s Firetruck O’ Toys arrives at Cardinal Glennon and Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday (not pictured) is already in the back unloading toys. It’s Dec. 19, and I’m tagging along for a Christmas story. The Firetruck donation is the brainchild of a teen patient at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

And one more from 311/366: as we near St. Louis we stopped in...

And one more from 311/366: as we near St. Louis we stopped in Metropolis, Ill., to see how old Supes is doing. Still overseeing the center of town.

311/366 A random parking lot in Birmingham painted to honor...

311/366A random parking lot in Birmingham painted to honor those noted titans of Alabama baseball, the New York Yankees.

311/366 Our road trip home continued on Nov. 9 with a stop at...

311/366 Our road trip home continued on Nov. 9 with a stop at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field, the oldest ballpark in the country. It opened in 1910. This is a view from left field looking back toward center along the outfield wall.

310/366 On the drive home from Disney, we detoured from...

310/366 On the drive home from Disney, we detoured from Montgomery to Selma, Ala., along the trail that my mom walked in 1965 with thousands of marchers, including Martin Luther King Jr., to protest for voting rights. The march was completed on its third attempt; the first was halted violently just outside of Selma. I had never been along the trail, and I felt it was important for my son to know what his grandmother did and why it was important.