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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...

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...