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At the end of August tragedy struck the family on my father's side. My dad, 'Papa' to the kids, is in his mid 60s now. One of his younger...

At this stage of life I didn't think I was a big fan of fairy tales. That's something you grow out of, right? Well this spring I was...

When my wife and I visited the Scottish island of Islay, before kids, there were eight distilleries there. Most of these are quite old:...

I've written twice this year already about our daughter. One of these detailed how she's becoming a handful, thinking she's a princess ...

As a kid, in middle school probably, I read the first two parts of C.S. Lewis ' Space Trilogy. Then, for some reason, I could not get...

We travel to Alaska about a week each summer, as I've written about before, to see my wife's sister's family. They're homesteading up...

A couple years ago, when I picked a favorite movie per year , a great experiment btw, there was one recent choice that, at the time,...

Since moving back to MN we get to see our east coast friends about once a year, maybe. Here I'm talking two other families, all with kids...

Let's explore a fancy Bourbon, shall we? I've been a fan of the output of Michter's since I was given a bottle of their Single Barrel Rye...

We moved back to Minnesota in November 2021 and I was very conflicted at the time (see: Leaving home , Leaving home part II , and The...

Kindergarten, and 'real school,' is when most kids truly start learning to read. It's a crazy process to watch, and one that's certainly...

Comparisons between America and ancient Rome are inevitable, they're the most culturally and militarily dominant empires the world has...

'She's SO cute!' Everywhere we go, our daughter, our youngest and kid #3, gets this response. The comments used to focus almost...

Marvel's Daredevil , as a super hero, is less popular than the characters of the cinematic Avengers like Spider-Man, Iron Man or Hulk....

My wife recently planned a bridal shower (my brother is getting married!) and really did an excellent job. I was not that involved...

In the past year I've started to feel old. Not elderly, or frail, to be clear, but I think there's a difference from not that long ago....

I can't remember the last time I read something as quickly as I read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . For one it's an engaging, amusing,...

While it's a little late for St. Patrick's Day, it's still worth taking a look at another Irish whiskey. It's a segment of the industry...

On the first Saturday morning of every month Home Depot runs a workshop for kids. They have little bagged kits ready to go and tables set...

I started reading the Iliad (Fitzgerald translation) last year, well before learning about Nolan and the Odyssey , part of a prolonged...