Plans, Knees, and Birthdays
In my last post back in early February, I wrote “All the kids are coming for a few days next week.” Originally, I had written “All the kids are coming for a few days...
Life During Retirement
A couple of posts ago, I made a half-hearted promise to come up with a life-during-retirement post in case you were wondering what life was like for us during retirement. Well, here it is....
A Wish List Revisited
Back in December of 2015, I shared a wish list Meagan had written when she was little. As I wrote then, I have always loved this wish list because to me it conveys unbridled...
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....