A Wish List Revisited
Back in December of 2015, I shared a wish list Meagan had written when she was little. All I want for Christmas is a puppy, a robot that does your chores, a horse, a...
Yearly Archive: 2021
A Caleb Summertime Recap
It’s been a while since I’ve published a post focused on Caleb, so it’s time! Here is a quick recap of my summer moments with Mr. Baby, as his parents refer to him. Just...
California Travels
This is my first travel post since Italy. As with that trip, the itinerary for this trip was planned by others (my favorite way to travel). Matt planned Davis, Sue planned Napa, and Heather...
The 40 Year Co-op
Way back in 1980, a young student from Northeastern University joined The MITRE Corporation as part of Northeastern’s cooperative education program. His father, who also worked at MITRE as a group leader on programs...
A Tale of Three Toilets
This is one of those blog posts that will most likely make you laugh. You will laugh because you are thrilled these are problems that I am experiencing, and not you. The problems I...
The Two Dollar Crowd
We are a sprawling family. There are over 40 of us, and, over the years, we have seen each other on a fairly regular basis. When my cousins were little, there were the holiday...
Flooring – Part 1
I’m reading a book on writing essays called Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction where the authors say the essay writer “can have the most mundane of experiences and make something that surpasses them....
Birthday Weekend
I turned 59 this past weekend. Not so very young. But not so very old either. I am a bit stiff when I get up from sitting for a while, and I have a...
Family Time in May
Readers of this blog may have noticed I like my family. Not just my immediate family, but my extended family. During the month of May, I will have had four weekends of family time...
