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So? I’m finished. What’s next? 18 Apr 2011 | 11:00 pm
We planted trees in the backyard on Friday night—a tiny Magnolia with shy, pink blooms, and a straight and sturdy Pear. GB dug beneath gray clouds while I waited for the sky to unfurl. I pitched in wh...
#34: Back to the Future 15 Apr 2011 | 11:30 pm
Now, two days before this 36×37 adventure comes to an end, I’m staring down the barrel of my most sentimental assignment to date—Build a Family Time Capsule. I wish I’d given this idea more thought be...
#33: The Tooth Fairy Cometh 13 Apr 2011 | 11:30 pm
(via istockphoto.com) I hear a commotion from where I stand at the kitchen sink. There is a scurry of feet, a pounding at the steps, and then a few quick taps from one excited little hand. I look do...
#32 Cont’d: Freak Show Carousel 12 Apr 2011 | 11:30 pm
You have to understand: When I see a place like this, there’s no way I won’t stop for it. Merry-Go-Round Museum, Sandusky, OH The building is one of the first things we see when we drive through the...
#32 Cont’d: Freak Show Carousel 12 Apr 2011 | 07:30 pm
You have to understand: When I see a place like this, there’s no way I won’t stop for it. The building is one of the first things we see when we drive through the heart of downtown Sandusky. It’s just...
#32: What Up, Sandusky? 11 Apr 2011 | 11:30 pm
It’s Saturday, and as far as Saturdays go, this one begins like all the others: Little boys awake and whispering by 7:30; everyone showered and dressed by 8:30; pancakes on the stove by 9:00; full bel...
Randyland Revisited 6 Apr 2011 | 11:00 pm
(via vuvan.com) In H’s room, there sits a wall clock with a minute hand that ticks louder than it should. I always notice it, but when the house is dead quiet like it is today, I almost stop the hand...
Birthday Wishes, Courthouse Blues 2 Apr 2011 | 11:00 pm
(google image via scentofmyheart.files.wordpress.com) It’s GB’s birthday today. He’s 35, although he says he feels a whole lot older. We have plans to celebrate with my family tonight, and the boys a...
Animal House and the Birthday Girl 30 Mar 2011 | 01:57 am
(google image via digitalinkreport.com) It’s late March, 1992. My mother is standing by the piano with an overturned hat in her hands. In the hat are four folded squares of paper. On each square, ...
Update on #36: Death by (Lack of) Chocolate 22 Mar 2011 | 10:55 pm
Temptation, she is a cruel, persistent mistress. Now 25 days into my promise to ban all sweets through (the week before) Lent, I am pleased to report that, for the first Lenten Season in my life, I a...
