February 27, 2021
It all started with a man bun. Well, to be fair, it started pre man bun. Half-Kid Jack¹ had graduated college (yay!), gotten a job (yay!), moved to Seattle with First-Born Mac (yay!), came back to Maine and got married (also with – and to – Mac (whew)). And I remember – rather distinctly (but... Read more...
February 10, 2021
The other night the snow was still falling and landing softly on all the other flakes that had already bedded down. I’d been looking out different windows, noticing how the light was falling across the snow, and thinking that I should pick up my camera and see what images I could make… see if I... Read more...
February 09, 2021
Today is HRH The Princess Bunny Blaze’s tenth birthday. I was not there on the day of her birth. But I was there, three months later, when nearly thirteen year-old Gabe chose a female German shepHerd puppy as his birthday present… just as his Dad had done for his thirteenth birthday, 33 years before. And that’s... Read more...
quote scrawled on the chalkboard above my stove...
- anthony bourdain's no reservations
Okay. Let me get this out of the way right now. I have permission to tell this story, directly from the perp. Also, yes, the... Read More
One funny moment after Jack proposed to Mac (and Mac dissolved, pretty much, into a melted snowman puddle (but recovered quickly enough for us... Read More
This spring morning I awoke to the conversations of a thousand winged beings. And as I yawned and stretched I realized… This was nature’s... Read More
Every Easter Sunday morning since First Born Mac was puny (pew-knee), there has been a rather loud and massive hunt for candy. The Easter... Read More