That's how life is. We try hard, real hard sometimes, to draw a straight line between where we are and where we want to be. Often times though, things go sideways. Planned to get work early, car troubles slow you down. Intent in eating healthy, the pie called you from the fridge. Set to finish …
Category: Attitude
Keep Learning (Redux?)
Love this. Seen at one of our local parks yesterday. This play structure has been there for years. What a simple, great addition these two modules are. Understand a bit more about what Braille is, hear the ring of a basic scale (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti), it's all GOOD. Might just spark …
Alt Monday
Kick starting the summer, the week, and this blog again today. Things have seemed to in flux these last several weeks; I'm trying to reset and find a good groove and provide a baseline, all at the same time. It's been a mixed bag of little successes, and results otherwise too. Some friends in town have …
Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain. It's been a month since he took his own life. Another great cultural influencer gone by the way side. His story was inspiring. His writing was entertaining, his reporting was full of color and depth and scope. His experiences were as admirable as they were diverse. Hell, he had lunch with Obama at …
My Country ‘Tis of Thee…
The discourse in this land is pretty rough right now. Seems that there's more extremism, and much less willingness to compromise. And policies we would have previously not thought within the realm of reasonable are implemented to "get tough" and "act as a deterrent." The decision a few weeks ago to separate children from parents …
Celebrating Susan, 2018
Today is the day, let’s begin this way, Celebrating Susan! Today is the day we ring the bells and honk the horns and light the candles and sing from the rooftops, Happy Birthday to you, Dear Susan! She is our light and our inspiration, who leads and loves by example, who gives our family the …
Down In It
Getting back into the day-to-day groove is turning out to be tougher than I thought it would be after the glory of family summer vacation just concluded. It seems at every turn I struggle to make the right move, challenged to have a good attitude, recover from a mistake, cope with kid chaos, the pull …
Father’s Day 2018, Maui
This final day of family vacation before we make the journey home, appropriate that today is Father's Day. This the day began. The three that made me a father, the three that make me a dad, better than I could be otherwise. We wandered the town. We learned a little about the islands. We enjoyed …
Midway
What, like the island, "Midway"? No, although from where I sit just now (West Coast, Maui, Hawaii), that's kinda funny. What I'm referring to is this feeling I knew I'd have, "midway" through this awesome vacation. Today begins Day Four of six full days on the trip. We still have ALL of today, three FULL …
Hanging with ALL
This pic was from the weekend. What's up just now? Monday Funday rounding out with some simple chill time with the kids solo. My wife has to work tonight, so it's me and A.L.L. Upside: Everyone's in a good mood - which is a plus for three kids under eight. The TV is helping me …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 