Dear Friends

  • Thirty Five

    I turned thirty five over Labor Day weekend.   We traveled up north to watch the home team play the first college football game of the season, and it was epic in both…

  • Call for Submissions

    In a week, some friends of ours are taking their 6 month old in for major surgery on his wee little skull.  I’m putting together a care package for their 7 day hospital…

  • sweet * bitter

    This morning we took a hike at a nearby state park.   It was a perfect day for it – the light was autumnal, but there was only the barest chill in the…

  • Birthday Parties – 1 of 2

    When Liam turned one, he had pretty much no party.  I was living and working apart from my family, staying in a hotel and seeing them only on weekends (or every other weekend).…