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Flashback: Portland ME, 2019

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...

The Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis

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...

Smoky garden chili

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...

Stone Mountain (Atlanta)

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...

Muppet Treasure Island

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...

Lisa it's your birthday

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

First real busy summer

Time flew the fastest this summer and I'm both kinda sad it's over and glad for it. Prior to this year we'd travel a little bit and...

Chariots of Fire

The Olympics are over, but there's still a good story to tell and you'll have to pretend this was more timely. This year, for the XXXIII...

Brain fog

I don't often get sick, and when I do it's not often all that bad or for all that long. Most of the time when I sense a bad headache or a...

House of the Dragon

When I first saw ads for House of the Dragon, I was profoundly confused. Who wants this?!? My reaction shouldn't be surprising, the...

Our first sourdough

We've been tempted to get into sourdough for a while now. The bread and the rest are super tasty but going down that road can be a little...

Big travel and big emotions

Last week we were in Alaska again and, while it's always a good trip, it brings some challenges both physical and emotional. From MSP...

The 1968 DNC, Chicago

1968 was a tumultuous year of protest. Anti-government and anti-authoritarian sentiment, amongst a host of other issues, resulted in...

Peanut butter banana chocolate chip oatmeal bars

We're attempting to get a couples with young children small group off the ground with some people at our church and had our first little...

Smokey and the Bandit

Until very recently I knew the name Burt Reynolds, but to be honest I think I'd only completed one of his movies, the original The...

Building a sandbox

This spring I developed an idea to build a sandbox for our kids and wanted to get it done about as quickly as possible. It became a...

Day of Days (Band of Brothers)

Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Operation Overlord , the Allied invasion of France during World War II. It was the largest...

Accepting reality

As a kid I was relayed the old wives' tale that men inherit their hair from their maternal grandfather and, since mine was completely...

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