What an eventful Saturday! I got a running start. Literally. But it didn’t stop there. Shortly after returning from my group run with friends, I was off to help Fleta’s Cupboard make its third monthly appearance in the Kent Flea … Continue reading
Last Fall, we started organizing a regular, recurring Friday Feast with Friends and Family (a.k.a. FFFF). It was a way for Marci, Elliot, Olivia, Cor, and me to stay connected as the kids grew increasingly independent with two-thirds of the … Continue reading
I have got a long history of writing birthday letters to my children: a letter every birthday for each of my three kids, since the Spring of 2006. Elliot didn’t get letters for the first three years of his life. … Continue reading
We moved Elliot into his place in the first weekend of August. It’s a rental house just a couple of blocks from campus, and it seems like a great space for his senior year at Kent State University, aiming towards … Continue reading
I just finished reading Wendell Berry’s novel, Nathan Coulter. If my understanding is correct, this book is the original novel that launched the series of fictional stories of fictional people of a fictional town called Port William, Kentucky — which I’ve come … Continue reading
Monday afternoons are for Special Things. I built this into my schedule twenty years ago: initially as a part of the week where I could take time off work to allow Marci to get time for herself. I started taking … Continue reading
It’s been so good to have Elliot and Olivia back for the summer. I’d estimate that our whole family is getting dinner together three nights a week. Sometimes we even have extra special guests join us at the table (both … Continue reading
I had already filled up 56 (of an eventual 84) pages worth of my Leuchtturm1917 journal before our family even made it to Amsterdam. So, it felt kind of amazing that I was able to purchase a new journal at … Continue reading