Holy Smokes. It’s a Monday at Christmastime….and it’s pouring here. I got up this morning, heard the deluge on the metal roof, and thought, for a moment, “What?!! Raining? Why’s this always have to happen?” (Actually, what I thought was … Continue reading
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Sometimes it takes me a while to do something because I want to do it right. Like….build the kids a treehouse. LOOK AT THIS TREEHOUSE!! ISN’T IT MAGNIFICENT!! THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!! The one that I’m going to build … Continue reading
What ever you do….do it with some enthusiasm. I should take a lesson from that that statement. I’m a slow-burn kind of guy a lot of the time….low-level expressed enthusiasm for a bunch of stuff….but nothing really pronounced. Maybe that’s … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBWsdmXJDGI I once mentioned to a friend that what I liked about climbing was the lifestyle. I think that he thought that was kind of funny. I drop “honesty bombs” every once and a while….most of the time without thinking … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQJOaZKPM4 Doug Tompkins….co-founder of the North Face company….died in a kayaking accident on Tuesday in Chile. He was with his friends, Yvon Chouinard and Rick Ridgeway…..Lorenzo Alvarez….when his boat capsized in heavy winds on Lago General Carrera, on the Chilean-Argentine border. He … Continue reading
I hope that my children trust that I love them. I was thinking about that on the mail route….thinking about “conditions”….thinking about all the reasons that parents become estranged from their children….or present a face to their children that makes … Continue reading
Our chimney is leaking. It’s not raining now, but when it’s raining, it leaks some. That’s a drag….when I’m home and it’s light outside and I’m thinking about the problem, it’s raining and too wet to get up on the … Continue reading
OK….here’s the thing about my life: I help Nate get to sleep….and part of that is that after we’ve said our prayers, I usually (always) fall asleep with him. Then, I wake up an hour or two later…so that I … Continue reading
Sparrow starts the night in her little bed….and, often, sometime during the night, pads over and crawls into bed with us. Her bed is in our room….so the walk for her isn’t long. Most nights I hear her laughing in … Continue reading
My youngest son went to a superhero themed birthday party today and he was the only one wearing a mask. The invitation said to come as your “best alter-ego”…but when we pulled up with a mask and cape, no one … Continue reading