This weekend we watched the Blue Angels at the beach. Afterwards as all the boats were headed back north along the lake from the log boom big waves started to come into the shore. The kids started going crazy in the water because waves like that aren’t common on Lake Washington. So I took...
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It’s A Good Bake
I asked for a scone cake for my birthday. And that’s what I got. A gorgeous two tiered hand whipped cream and strawberries covered concoction on a cake tower. My wife walked it outside tonight with four candles (one for each decade) ablaze as a few friends sang happy birthday. It was truly wonderful...
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I feel tired. And sore. And happy. And rich. And full. I spent the day with my family and good friend at the beach. We swam, drank, ate good food, and laughed a lot. I put my son to sleep as he drooled on my arm. I can feel the warmth of the sun...
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When you can, laugh with an old friend. It is good for the soul....
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I have the urge to text or call my mom and now my dad regularly. It’s so sharp and immediate and for a millisecond I think that I can. And then a millisecond later I remember I can’t. There’s just so much I want to share with them. I want to talk to them...
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If you get a little sand in your hair every once in a while, you’re doing something right. Pristine is for museums and galleries. You can choose to spend your time constantly battling the chaos, the never ending chores, the keeping things in plastic in mint condition. But to what end? Living means letting...
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I cleaned out an old bin in the garage today. It probably had several thousand old photos in it. I found a picture of my mom playing the piano. The picture was of her hands on the keys. She had such beautiful soft hands. I made piles of the photos I wanted to keep...
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It’s been almost eight months since I started this daily writing and posting to my blog. Wow. It feels all at once like I’ve always been writing this way and also like I just started. I think I’ve written from the heart and gut. I’ve been honest. I’ve given exactly what I had to...
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I need it....
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