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He always had a knack for things mechanical. When my electric train locomotive wouldn’t run right I took it to Grandpa and watched as he patiently examined it and administered a drop of oil here, or re-soldered a wire there, then handed it back to me with a reassuring “here, Read more…
We spent 2 weeks traveling to Cleveland, Chicago, and finally Colorado, seeing lots of family the entire time. The boys took some great pictures: Bennet’s pictures:
After Kenai died in the summer of 2011, our household was without a canine for well over a year, but everyone missed living with a friendly quadraped around the house. So after some discussion we decided to rescue a puppy from a shelter. Surprisingly, it wasn’t easy finding a mixed-breed Read more…
This summer the Boston Red Sox sponsored a “Fenway Park Art & Essay Contest” to celebrate the venerable ballpark’s centennial, inviting kids ages 16 and under throughout New England to submit original artwork and/or an essay on “what Fenway Park means to you.” The prize was tickets to a game, Read more…
At the end of July we took some time out at the island, beginning with a small weekend gathering of friends to share music, good food, and camaraderie. After the weekend it was just us, enjoying some quiet time in a very peaceful place, a good opportunity to “recharge.” Lots Read more…
A little late this year, but Ben and Landon finally got busy with the annual egg-dyeing ritual. The great debate in our house is whether the eggs are supposed to be hollow or hard-boiled–as a kid I always did it the former way, Marina the latter. This year Dad prevailed, Read more…
One September day we took the kids on an excursion to Fenway Park. This is no ordinary outing to these boys: fully afflicted with baseball fever, there’s pretty much no place they’d rather be. So the kids were delighted, having resigned themselves to the apparent reality that there would be Read more…