Fire in the hole!
Quinn – 1992 – Fire emergency training – Pre-School Quinn – 2014 – Fire emergency training – Crew Certification School
View ArticleYou Are Invited!
So excited! We’ve been in upstate New York since August and our social life is finally picking up!
View Article5 Years Between Duets
14 minutes ago, in 2009, middle son Quinn on the road to college… College ended yesterday, but the band played on…
View ArticleLet It Snow
So you think winter in the Northeast is a five month cluster of cabin fever, numb limbs and ice boogers? Well, maybe it is, but at least we have something to talk about. In California, it’s all...
View ArticleThanks, football
My father wasn’t a sports fan when we were growing up. Yeah, he took us to a baseball game, and a couple of football games, but his heart wasn’t in it. He didn’t have a favorite team, and he never...
View ArticleThanks, football
My father wasn’t a sports fan when we were growing up. Yeah, he took us to a baseball game, and a couple of football games, but his heart wasn’t in it. He didn’t have a favorite team, and he never...
View ArticleLet’s Hang Out at the DMV
Today was designated DMV day, a day I’d been putting off for months because I assumed all DMVs were like the SoCal DMV where hours of waiting in line with hundreds of equally irritated people wins you...
View ArticleNew York State of mind
Diary entry, January 26, 2013: Wrote all morning then walked the dog. Freezing out, probably, like, 60. I think LA is getting colder in general. Lunch with Mark at the Country Mart. Warmed up enough...
View ArticleEmpire State Perq
…A half inch of quality, upcountry glazing comes free with all NY license plates. Who knew!?
View ArticlePoser No More
During our move from LA to rural NY, I told my wife that I planned to country-accessorize immediately upon arrival. I would own outdoor animals. I would buy farm equipment. My clothing would be “Git...
View ArticleMy Chatty Friend
Sylvie and I have been alone together for a week, in the middle of nowhere New York, house-bound due to heavy snow, sub-zero temperatures and, today, freezing rain. This morning when I came down the...
View ArticleGroup Sext
Unfortunately, my wife and I were not in the same country last night so we had to spend evening texting… Anna: Happy New Year! xo Sam: Happy New Year! I love you! Anna: Wish we were ringing in a snowy...
View ArticleHoliday Cheer Ingredients
One turkey. One turkey frying unit. Six objects to block flame-extinguishing 30mph wind. Three sons home (One pictured).
View ArticleOur youngest Superhero
…Just turned 20. Meaning our nest is now officially and forever without teenagers. (Sniff!)
View ArticleJust when I thought I was in shape…
We were equipped with walking sticks, lightweight Patagonia gear and Power Bars, huffing and puffing through a 3 mile, 2000 vert ft hike to a temple above Paro. And then this 66 year old guy in ratty...
View ArticleWacky Bhutanese Tobacky
It grows wild here! Found this bush outside the Bumthang air terminal while waiting for a flight that was eight hours delayed.
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