My wife took our kids to a local water park a couple of weeks ago. I was at work during this excursion, wiling the day away with full certainty the kids would have a great time likely at the cost of my wife’s wits. I was right on both counts. This particular park does an [...]
D is for Dad
Parenting from a Dad’s eye view
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Jul 13
Growing, weaving, kinship
We were walking from the horse pasture back up to the house. I was leading and the two little girls were walking and talking behind me while I was thinking ahead at whatever task was left to do. This must have occurred early in the fall of 2008 which would have made Ava a new [...]
Jul 10
B(Brain) cells
I visited the Museum of Science and Industry last weekend while on a family vacation to Chicago. While I was there I happened across a booth in the museum where a museum employee was explaining anti forgery techniques the US Mint uses to thwart the illegal replication of US Currency. Something about lab coats and [...]
Jul 08
A wailing wall all her own
We figure it shouldn’t take much to construct one. Some stone and a little concrete should do just fine. We could even get it done on the cheap and just use mud to keep it together. The mud might lend a bit of romance to the structure allowing it to age quickly. We took a [...]
Jul 06
The value of context
Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context. – Frank Snepp When I think of how we communicate and find information now, as opposed to just a few years ago, it sets my head to spinning. Texting on a phone barely leaves room for a complete thought. The same can be said of services [...]
Jul 02
Ahoy there!
“None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware” – Robert Herrick The other evening as I was washing the dinner dishes Ava, the four year old, ran over to the sink looking for some way to help. I explained there wasn’t much she could do with the dishes at [...]
