Childhood fears

My son is just about to drive me nuts obsessing over things. We’re way beyond “20 questions” into more like encyclopedia territory. Three things, usually, in rotation: Spiders Snakes Sharks Spiders? We talk about which ones are poisonous, what they do, where they live. “And if they wanted to, they could bite your head off!” […]

Planning vacation

Okay, calling it a “vacation” is definitely overkill. Due to circumstances, some beyond our control, our vacation comes down to this: A long weekend next week. (my wife teaches so has worked damn near every day this summer. She gives finals on Wednesday next week. So we were gonna go Wednesday and come back Sunday, […]

Beach fun

I found the camera! Yay! Now here’s some of what happened in our 3.47 hours on the beach last weekend: A cute little dog Another cute little dog (I think they knew each other) Bucket brigade Making castles and faces I’m afraid I did not get a picture of the large black man in the […]