Overheard: “Don’t try to write anything funny.”
Friday, May 20th, 2011 Posted in Family | 2 Comments »Ah, the joys of middle school life. Is anyone else out there in the midst of it? It's a really complex time for those kids. And they might be, possibly, out of their minds. Helplessly so. Anyway, the scene: Gavin, my ...
Overheard: “But Dad, it’s the mud room!”
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Family | 1 Comment »Quick story from this morning: Nick has already gone to school. Lisa, off to work. Maggie still asleep upstairs. And it's almost time to get Gavin, my middle schooler, out the door. Not a problem usually, as he's pathologically punctual, like his father. I ...
My Family, Getting Their Bronze On
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 Posted in Family, Readings | 1 Comment »Lisa sent along this snap from Florida -- while I stayed home in the cold, damp, gray Northeast to work. No, no skin cancer for me! I've neatly avoided that trap by working in a windowless basement. Clever, eh? Lisa ...
For Lisa
Monday, February 14th, 2011 Posted in Family, Music | No Comments »Hey, honey. Happy Valentines Day. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cfIXjWtxA0]
College Applications: Writing the “Parent Perspective”
Monday, January 24th, 2011 Posted in Family, Six Innings | No Comments »My oldest son is a high school senior, gearing up for college. We're in the application phase, after whittling down the choices to eight colleges. It fell upon me to write the parent perspective, which I did a while back. As ...
Maggie’s iPod Cake & Photos to Prove It!
Friday, December 17th, 2010 Posted in Family | 2 Comments »Ten years ago today our youngest child, Maggie, was born in our bedroom at home. It was a cold, wet, blustery night and Lisa labored long and hard with two midwives at her side. Today it's a living wonder, how this ...
Thoughts on Blogging . . . and Maggie’s Birthday Breakfast
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 Posted in Family | No Comments »I often tell myself, "I'm not going to blog for those creeps anymore!" But each day I find something that I want to say, or share, and return to this outlet. Obviously, I'm blogging for me as much as for ...
Photo Dump: Scarecrow Edition
Monday, November 15th, 2010 Posted in Family | 2 Comments »Just a quick share: a couple of years back I posted about the Preller Halloween tradition of building a scarecrow out on the front lawn. My father did it, now I do it. I have a photo from the late ...
Overheard: “I don’t OBSERVE the game, Dad. I watch it. Like normal people.”
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 Posted in Family | 2 Comments »Those words were spoken by my hormonal son, Gavin, age 11. With any luck, he'll reach 12. We went to a playoff soccer game together, watched in silence for most of it. Every once in a while I'd say something, ...
The Legend of the Adirondack Shark
Friday, October 29th, 2010 Posted in Family, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Here's some mindless fun -- and I do mean mindless! At the end summer, we joined three other families for a weekend camping trip at Forked Lake in the Adirondacks. Nine kids, seventeen folks in all. It's become a tradition for one ...