Feeling refreshed after our glorious night’s rest, Sue and I decided to take Charlie out for a little picnic in South Shore Park. But today’s events would prove to be more than just a quite afternoon in the park.
When we arrived, we walked up to a nice little picnic table near a large tree near [...]

I think it’s difficult to appreciate a good nights sleep until you’ve been 3 plus weeks without one. And not just a bad night here and there, but constant poor sleep. Knowing that after you put your head down, you will be up two hours from now. Every two hours. For the whole night.
But last [...]

In Radio News Reporting, the class at UWM where I help run the audio lab the students use to produce their weekly radio news program, PanterCast, we talk about “Theater of the Mind.” The goal here is to recreate a scene for the listener that puts them in a particular place and time. And as [...]

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Welcome to your one-stop-blog for all things Lawton. I will be your moderator for the majority of your stay, and yes, I am a Lawton. The fourth of a long line of Charles DeWitt Lawton’s. I happen to go by Chuck. Sue is my wife, and by virtue of our marriage, she too is also [...]

On Friday, I was due back in to the office. I used five days of vacation to help Sue (and myself) with the adjustment of becoming a three-piece. We’ve recovered all right from our new sleeping schedule: get to bed by 8, and set and reset the alarms every 2.5 to 3 hours for Charlie’s [...]

Early Thursday morning, before my alarm went off, I was woken by Sue saying she had been counting contractions since midnight. This was the best sign we had that labor was finally approaching, after having been sent home from the hospital twice before. We were pretty excited, but agreed to wait until we were absolutely [...]