Note: I know it’s probably a little gauche to blog so soon after an event like this. However, I want to get my feelings sorted out and writing is a good method. Might as well update everyone while I’m at it. I left the house this morning in a somewhat grumpy rush. Often I’ll forget [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Zach
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Six years ago yesterday Kathleen and I checked into the hospital expecting to have a kid. As the day went on, we waited for our boy to come. Well, he was a stubborn kid. I took this picture out the window as the sun was setting: Well, it was early the next morning before Isaac [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2010 by Zach
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We know when we get a kitten that they don’t live very long. I’ve always told myself that they’ve come here to Earth, and we get a chance to give them lives of comfort, safety and love. Little Jack was a “free kittens” ad in the newspaper. I went to see the kittens, and they [...]
Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Zach
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Yesterday I was on my way home to Knoxville from visiting family in Northwest Ohio. I figured I’d take a detour and try to find the origin of my Cochran ancestors. The first record I’ve been able to find of any Cochrans puts a James and John Cochran in cabins in what would become Higginsport [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Zach
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On my birthday I’ll take some time to be a little self-indulgent and describe myself and some of the ways I’ve changed. I’m a bit plumper than I once was. I’m about 185 lbs these days, where just a few years ago I was 155. My hair is receding just a bit, but it’s at [...]
Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Zach
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For all our struggles and trials, we have so many things for which to thanks our Maker. I love the WSJ editorial today, recounting the trials of the Plymouth colony. Our ancestors were sturdy souls. Here are a few things I’m grateful for: I have a great job. I work with a great group of [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Zach
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Get a good night’s sleep. Pack a lot of caffeine. Bring all the sessions of General Conference and a couple of Robert Jordan books to listen to. Bring food, water, and extra newspaper for the cats. That was the plan, and for the most part, it worked out well. After 1900 miles of driving, I [...]
Posted on November 6th, 2009 by Zach
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This weekend I’ll be driving to Knoxville, Tennessee. I’ll be starting a new job, finding a new home, and making a new start. I have mixed feelings about this change. I’m a Utah boy; I’ve sweated my way to the tops of the mountains, raced up and down the canyons, listened to the wind blowing [...]
Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Zach
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It wasn’t what I was expecting. I’d just broken off a relationship with an interesting but insane girl from Ukraine, and I was not really in a mood to be serious. I decided I was going to date the next fairly normal American girl I met, and behold, there was a young Kathleen. A Mormon [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2009 by Zach
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We did this:
Posted on January 7th, 2009 by Kathleen
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This needs to stop. I haven’t heard one assumption tonight that’s anywhere close to true. I’m sick to death of the gulf between my siblings and the ridiculous ideas that widen it. Everyone is hurt. Everyone is oversensitive to the slightest rumor. Everyone judges too quickly and too often. I’m not excluding myself. I challenge [...]
Posted on January 1st, 2009 by Zach
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At certain times of year I’m often preoccupied about people or places in my past. In the very early spring (and sometimes winter), I have very specific memories of Asbury Park, NJ. In the hot summers, I think about Camden and Bordentown NJ. As August winds down to fall, I think about Glacier National Park, [...]
Posted on December 7th, 2008 by Zach
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