I read a post on Roberta Trahan’s Idyll Conversation blog the other day that began with this: How many of you have noticed, in recent years, the near extinction of…
It’s been three days since I have expressed my gratitude in written form. It’s been fairly busy and crazy days. On Thursday, I was grateful to be reunited with my…
These photos really don’t adequately capture the inexplicable enormity of this this public restroom. It’s bigger than my dining room. It might be bigger than any single room in my…
Elysha explained to Clara that the new baby will be sleeping in our bedroom for a while after she is born. Clara began crying. She said that she wants the…
My wife was tucking my three year old daughter in last night. She asked her what she thought she would dream about while she slept. Clara’s answer: "Hmm… Triceratopses." My…
In an effort to hold myself accountable to my yearly goals, I post the monthly progress made at the end of each month. Here are the results for January. They…
There’s an adage about entrepreneurs that goes like this: The more skin you have in the game, the greater your commitment. In other words, the greater the personal risk that…
Tonight I am grateful for the enormous aquariums positioned outside The Rainforest Café, a restaurant located in Westfarms Mall in Farmington, CT. My daughter adores those fish. Tonight she specifically…
Oddly enough, the quality of the goodnight kisses from my daughter improves considerably when I am not actually there. Note how Clara blows kisses to me. She hasn’t mastered the…
I’ve been watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind again. I have always thought of this film as flawless. Slate’s Bill Wyman recently watched all of Spielberg's films and rated…
