Last year was a good one to remember; a year filled with challenges and disappointments, serious milestone moments for family, for the kids, Kris and me, my siblings, my friends, my colleagues, the world. But I wonder, as 2010 already pours itself over me like torrent (have ten days of the new year passed already?), [...]
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Kris and I took the kids to see Santa and Mrs. Claus on the most decorated street in Bedford (just over the line from Manchester) Friday evening. An amazing night, all the more so due to its entirely non-commercial, neighborly, word of mouth nature; no charge to visit with Santa (even if you want to [...]
Oh, man. I can’t wait. The other night, Kris mentioned she was was going to make a couple of pies for Thanksgiving. She asked if I had any preference. I think she was surprised when I said blackberry. It seemed random, perhaps, and I don’t think I’ve ever requested blackberry pie. (Then again, we [...]
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Sometimes nothing soothes the spirit like a day spent in the outdoors – away from the computer monitor and keyboard, the desk and lamp, the debilitating radiation of the television. But this doesn’t always require a journey into the wilderness. This afternoon, after Isobel got up from her nap, Kris and I took the kids [...]
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I do not run on trails very often. Primary reason? I’m not good at it. I roll my ankles left and right (literally), I trip, I sprawl in the leaves and dirt. Some of the worst running injuries I’ve ever had have come as the result of trail running. So how’d I end up running [...]
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For me, having grown up here in New England, apple picking is a ritual as iconic as country fairs, sugar on snow, cutting your own Christmas tree, and fishing opening day of trout season. Not I do any one of these things annually, exactly - though most, most years. But they mean enough to me, [...]
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Isobel brings a little sweet color to a gray, rainy June.
This weekend was full of family events, including Saturday’s birthday party for Sofia (wow, a troop of 5-year old girls can make some noise!, happy noise, of course), Kris’ mom out for the weekend, planting, a baseball game and a hike today up Mount Uncanoonuc. The kids were abed early, and I’m not far behind [...]
I’ve been bad at keeping up on the blog lately, and my mom called me out on it during our Mother’s Day call on Sunday. So here, with the kids abed a few minutes yet before I head there myself, I’m taking a moment to post a cute family blog post from a recent vacation [...]
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Isobel rocks out to the robotic hamster device Grandpa D gave the kids a few years ago. This little beast (the hamster, not ‘bela) is the most annoying and indestructible creature ever – but the kids love it so much I have come to appreciate it in an odd way.
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