The carpet cleaning continues. After trying to control Molly’s diarrhea on the carpet last week, I failed. She managed to wake me up several nights in a row. It was hard to decide it if was the thunder, fireworks or the need to go potty. At any rate, I have been “cleaning” the carpet more […]

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During our Memorial Day weekend visit to the Farm, we made it down to the river for some relaxation. The kids enjoyed catching minnows and crawfish. Elwyn enjoyed chasing rocks and trying to shake water onto Alana, Pam and I (click on the pictures to view larger versions).

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 6/3/93 – Thur. Again, I have been remiss in […]

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A: “Mommy, why did you have to go to a yogurt class?” J: “It wasn’t a yogurt class. It was a yoga class.” A: “I don’t like blueberry yogurt.”

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During Carson’s last soccer game a few weeks ago, Tim and Benton busied themselves with a little game of catch. That seemed a decent father-and-his-nine-year-old-son activity. Alana managed to steal Tim’s attention away from their game of catch long enough to get a spin with Dad. This led to Benton requesting the same treatment. You […]

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If you’ve talked to my parents about birding at any length, you’ve probably heard them refer to “Jack-and-Ed” — Jack Cole and Ed Frost, who are California-based fellow birders with whom they frequently meet up for various birding trips (Ed Frost is the son of the late “Mrs. Frost,” who lived in Sour Lake and […]

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Yet another “Carson’s last soccer game” post. This one is Alana-centric, but also includes Tim. It does not take long watching Alana with Tim to realize that she is one little girl who has figured out how to get Daddy’s attention and keep him pretty smitten. She had a blast playing with her dad at […]

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