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Career Opportunities…
Dear Quinn, Graduation is coming up, so I figure you’re stressing about your career. Fear not. If your engineering degree doesn’t land you a job, remember that you have tons of previous experience in...
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Thanks…
Way back when we were young, naive parents, we assumed our nest would be occupied by just us and the kids. But by the time the kids were launched, we were sharing it with teachers, coaches and a few...
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Home Security
Full Nest Home Security Systems 1996 Scimitars Unlimited… The Diane Arbus Patrol… Maximum Goggle Response Force… Empty Nest Home Security System 2013 Uh…She’s fired.
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Womb Mate
I shared my very first nest with the guy on the right, my twin brother. Thinking of you today, Charlie.
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On the road again…
Red: Good to see you. Been a while. Yellow: Yeah. Since Spain. Red: So, where’re the empty nesters taking us this time? Yellow: It’s a good-bye tour. Hitting all the hot spots in the West before the...
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Sharing the trail with greys…
Yellow: Wow. Nothing but empty nesters hiking in the middle of the week. Red: Yeah. And can you believe how old they are? Yellow: News flash…They are us. Red: Shut up. Yellow: Have you seen your ass...
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Thinking of you…
One of the challenges of the empty nest years is getting through the losses. At our college graduation, my former teammate and I made a bet. We’d meet at our 25th reunion and whoever had less hair...
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Fresh Paint
We’re deconstructing/reconstructing the nest, preparing it for the market. Everything gets a fresh coat of paint, except the memories…
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No quakes, please
Oh, faulty Earth, to thee I pray, Send no tremor California’s way, You see, we pack for Eastern skies, And so have ditched the quake supplies…
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Nest Tagging
We’re obsessively trying to make our house “perfect” before we put it on the market next week, which explains why I was hosing 9 years of smog kaka from the back of our bike shed today. In the process...
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Defcon 5 Flower Stress…
Shoes: Do you like the orchids I got for the open house? Boots: Yeah. They’re nice. Shoes: I hate them! Boots. Okay. Why? Shoes: The house is informal, the flowers should be informal. Boots: So, let’s...
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Surviving An Open House…
If they insist you leave the home, make sure proper bedding is provided before entering the vehicle… Demand a beach. View mandatory. Growl if you hear the word “leash”… Upon returning home, retire to...
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Things to do while strangers judge your home…
Steal kumquats from friends’ tree… (Thanks, Mark and Mary!)
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Things to do while strangers judge your home…Day Two
Check temperature in foreign lands… (Bundle up, Greenleafs!)
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Thinking of you…
The original Mad Man in the late 40s. Nature fanatic, Easter egg hunt master, artist, lover of all things cultural, avid reader, and, even at 92, he’s got a work ethic that inspires. Feel better soon,...
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Take me to The Big Hole!
Yellow: Looking forward to the next stop on the “Goodbye-to-The-West” tour? Red: Are you kidding? Did you know that the Grand Canyon was formed by the uplifting of the Colorado plateau and erosion...
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On The Rim
Her: I can’t believe you haven’t said it yet. Him: What? Her: It! Him: You mean… Her: Yes! That! Him: Okay. Here goes…This is truly a grand canyon.
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