This is how I know I am different than normal people. We’ve been having a great time… really nice. It’s New England. It’s fall. It’s stability and schedule. Come on Universe… throw me a bone… There hasn’t been a disaster, emergency, catastrophe or even a fiasco in ages. How do people live like this?! The…
Per Mom, the following updates are mandatorily added BEFORE you read the following. Be advised, “It was the 80s, not, repeat not, the 70s!” ======================================== Each year around my Dad’s birthday, we do a family overnight in Bar Harbor to “visit Bill”. It’s our way of celebrating Dad’s life and legacy, reliving good memories and…
Sitting in the car, heading into town the other day, out of the blue Mom says to me, “You can use me as your foil… if you want to.” Having not personally visited the 1920s, it took me a minute to figure out what ‘foil’ meant in that context. Me to Mom {very serious}, “First,…
An odd thing happens when you keep a blog. Because I know people read it (all 10 of you!) or maybe because I’ve made a commitment to myself to document our life when I don’t write at least once a week (and even that is on the thin side), I start to feel bad. When…
I’m not gonna lie, I’m actively trying to turn Evie and Jack into scientists. (Nate doesn’t need to be guided, he’s clearly a natural engineer. I may not consider myself to be a real engineer, but I have enough experience to know one when I see one.) If they don’t actually become scientists in the traditional…
