Yesterday, the Nearly Perfect Husband (also known in these parts as ‘Daddy’ (Marshal), ‘Fah-sah’ (Gabe), ‘But Daaaaad’ (Mac), and – depending on what he... Read More
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… on an easter challenge accepted
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
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… on the last first day
It’s quiet. No quieter than it is when you went to practice yesterday Or out to the local rib joint with your friends last... Read More
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… on ports and storms and stuff
Lately, it’s been stormy. Grampa has been in the hospital for two weeks now, and the weeks before that were not pretty, nor very pleasant.... Read More
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… on a quiet word to music parents (shhh, don’t tell!)
Okay. Firstly…. Breathe. It looks like little Johnny’s or Susie’s interest in the drums, or sax, or bass… Or guitar, or piano, or clarinet,... Read More
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… on the cherishability of crazed days
Yesterday I was out the door and headed for the combo farmers’ market/cheese shop/wine and craft beer shop/nut and gourmet food stand/florist and nursery... Read More
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… on u-hauls and de-nesting
It occurs to me that champagne glasses full of bubbles (and glee… I always think that, in addition to lithium (a natural byproduct of... Read More
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… on the innumerable offenses of a mother
Micro -space- Biotics. Whoa. What a smart kid I have, studying ‘Micro -space- Biotics’. Any mother would be proud. Especially when she was, like, seven.... Read More
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… on magic and mayhem: dingles take disney (day two, post two)
Poor Nearly Perfect Husband. This ride may be his own ‘white whale’. He is so obsessed with avoiding it, that it just might result in... Read More
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… on ‘hey, instead of goin’ to school today…’
I’m writing this post on Tuesday night. It’s 10:08 p.m. as I type. In exactly six hours and 7 minutes, the Nearly Perfect Husband,... Read More
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… on a letter to my daughter as she graduates college
Dear Mac, I was in the pantry this morning, looking at the pinch pots that have been here and there and everywhere in our... Read More
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… on a dear, dear world
Number-One-Son-Sam just ate a piece of celery. Stuffed with bacon. Because he can, because as of today he is 20. He has decided, now... Read More