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Our eldest is motivated to make money. Or, I guess I should say, he's motivated to spend money. We don't buy many extra toys, outside...

Back in October, over MEA (a teacher's conference) when school's out, we visited Maryland and saw some friends. I packed a couple samples...

In 2001 HBO put out a show called Band of Brothers following a real-life paratrooper company through most of the major events of WWII's...

On Friday we embarked on potty training round three, always a trial by fire, with our nearly two and a half year old little girl. For...

A while back I wrote a post after we picked up some starter, on my first loaf of sourdough bread . It was easy and quick but used instant...

After watching True Detective: Night Country, aka s4, it brought back an idea long in the hopper. This'll be a short list of single...

We got a quarter cow three years ago and, while most everything is long gone from the freezer, we still had a number of packages labeled...

As you likely know, I love Dune . As a much younger person I read all the books that were then out, I still have a bunch of them, and...

This year we were invited by a family in our church small group to a nearby historic Christmas town. In Farmington, MN, like 15 minutes...

Life doesn't ever slow down once you have kids, or at least it hasn't for us. In fact it seems to constantly be accelerating. While life...

A couple friends and I spent last weekend in Nashville, there to see the Vikings play the Titans. It was the first time in Music City for...

For boy #2 we're in a period of transitioning away from naps. Remember, this is the one I once named ' the baby tornado , ' an apt...

In 2016, when Stranger Things debuted, it immediately became a favorite show of mine . Arguably #1. Mix a bit of Stephen King, a bit of...

In October 2019 we made a weekend excursion up to Maine. We had only one kid, a little over a year old, and I'd been staying home with...

Since last year's October 7th attack on Israel I've wanted to write (and learn/refresh myself) more about the Middle East. Finding the...

Friends from our church invited us over for a chili cook-off this past weekend, and both my wife and I made one. Hers was a longtime...

I'd been back and forth on whether to do another whiskey comparison before resuming more intimate looks at individual bottles, or...

We had the shortest of trips this week, as my wife and I visited Atlanta without the kids. The purpose was twofold. My wife wanted to...

This year I started reading some longer, more advanced books to our eldest (and the two others if they sit still and be quiet), who's...

Our daughter and youngest just turned two recently. It made me think of something. The Simpsons has always been big, essential really, in...