Sitting in the old truck. It’s the afternoon. There’s water slowly streaming down the windshield. It’s been raining for a while. Grey afternoon light pours in. I’ve got the local jazz radio station, KCSM, dialed in. I’m thinking about my dad. As some of you know he’s been gone a couple years. Listening to jazz …
Category: family
Inspirations, COVID-19 Sequester Week Two
Low simmer of stress. Emotional ups and downs for sure. Overall Family Goal: Adapting, accommodating, making the best of the circumstances. Second week, the whole family home for work and school and life and staying safe. Keep life going forward for two adults and three little kids. The Community Goal: “Flatten the Curve” and stay …
“Shelter In Place”, Day 2
Wednesday, 03/18/2020: Just a couple days ago we heard the news that six of the counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, are directed by public order to "shelter in place" for the next three weeks. Put simply, that means stay home, take care of your family, do what work you can (if any) from …
Deep in Family
Things to do, do some, sure; cross a couple things off the list. Two stops to start the day, a couple three hours out, a couple stores, gather up the staples for the week, for the family. Family the reason, the purpose, what matters most, who to get back to. Who to spend time with. …
Clean Up
In my family, these people I love and live with, I clean up. Just what does that mean, “clean up”? There are at least a couple of contexts to consider... First, I tend to be the one that does a bunch of the clean-up after meals, after the day is done, after the week is …
Valentine’s Day Recap! Economists and Love
10 minutes of great insight. Worth it, literally. These two, quite a pair of economists, quite a lot of good insights, quite a couple! Thanks to NPR's The Indicator for bringing this one to us~ one.npr.org/i/806153805:806160131
Be Like Mom
Be like mom, bump along bump along. On this day along while ago, my momma came into the world, don’t you know. She’s still around, I’m happy to say, today today is her, birth-day. I think about my life, I think about hers, I think about all, the lessons I’ve learned. She taught me a …
Dad Day
“What’s that?”, our daughter asks, looking at the weekly calendar on the refrigerator. “It’s ‘Dad Day’...that’s gonna be Saturday, when Mom is at a conference”, I respond. What a day it is, Dad Day. Sure to be filled with a mixed bag of good; will make it that way regardless of what comes up. Maybe …
The Heated Hall
Stepping into the heated hall is a treat. Ours is a little dwelling; a living and kitchen area in the front, then down a short hall to the rooms in the back. We keep the hall doors closed in winter, and at night. My favorite is in the early morning hours, predawn, the house is …
Who’s Got Your Back?
I got into a little verbal scarp with my older daughter recently. It was a quick exchange, didn’t seem that extreme, but she was nonetheless offended and went off crying. A few minutes later my younger daughter gave me a little talking to, what had happened and what I should do about it. When I …
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