I'm known for putting together rather eclectic meal combinations from time to time. Might be my dad's influence -- peanut butter, bananas, some mayo, maybe with a pickle, was one of his favorite "dishes "(so to speak). One of my lunches this week provides a good example: I found in various places in the fridge...Brussels …
Category: parenting
Guy Time
As you might have picked up from other posts, I have three kids. As I say all the time too, I consider myself SUPER blessed to be a dad. Two girls, one boy, ALL GOOD. With three kids though, it's more challenging to create one-on-one time with them. So much going on with life all …
Leadership: The Power & Effect
A long while back, my boss at the time said to me in a jestful manner after I asked to leave work a little early to keep an appointment, "Sure you can leave early, just come in at 6:30am and don't take a lunch." I knew he was kidding, but that response still stung a bit. …
Bliss
Not sure how often parents use that word to describe their experience with their kids, but it's worth reflecting on right now. 10:27p at night, long day followed by a hurried eve, and now, the house is dark and I hear another snoring from the kids' room. That's it. Peace when and where it is. …
Weekend: Hug You, Zazen, Done
Ah weekends. Unless there are specific events going on, outside commitments to attend to, the weekends around my house go something like this: Sleep-in a little, clean up from the week, do family and household chores, get caught up on mail and bills, and maybe have a little leisure time to relax. Somehow before you …
Play Ball!
Headed to my first Giants game of the season tonight. It's the second to last exhibition game; the regular season starts Sunday, I think. But it really doesn't matter to me. What does matter is that my son (LHL) is my wing-man tonight. I know you might be thinking. "Ah well, here comes another sappy …
#kidtime/2, Sunday
Not sure how it is in your world, but on this side, it seems like the list of things to do is never-ending. Sundays are no exception. There's the usual stuff we all have to attend to: dishes, laundry, picking up from the previous week, checking and paying the bills for the week, grocery shopping...if …
Daughters: Let Them Shine
When my daughters were born I realized my mission as a dad was suddenly a lot more dynamic than I'd imagined it would be. While I've always respected and gotten along with women, and felt that I understand them pretty well (as best I can, being a man) raising girls was a reality I hadn't …
A.L.L. In and Minimalism Day to Day
When our second daughter was born, we named her Lucia. At that moment we had it "ALL" or "A.L.L.", which stands for our three children now: Ana, Levi, and Lucia. I didn't recognize this funny little twist of phrase immediately, but my wife did. She said in fact that she had been thinking that since …
Don’t Be Sneaky
I was thinking about being sneaky yesterday, and for some reason, the old Mad Magazine comic strip came to mind, "Spy Versus Spy". I thought about the White Spy and the Black Spy sneaking around, in an endless battle to do the other in. That gave me a chuckle. But as I thought about the …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 