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Golden Time
I walk behind to catch them if they fall. I cut up their food. I speak slowly so they’ll understand. I make sure they get nap time. These are some of the tasks I did when the nest was full. Now I...
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Office Of Enchantment
Only six weeks ago, my home office was a dark, chilly shithole. My enormous desk (butcher block resting on a pair of mismatched file cabinets) dominated the room, stacked with three hole punch paper,...
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Hello, `80s
Packing away the albums for the move, I stumbled on this disturbing 80s fashion declaration. Not sure how we’re smiling under the weight of those shoulder pads…
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Loyal Soles
I watched my partner lace up these shoes every day of our 152 mile hike in Spain and almost every day since, before our morning hikes in the Santa Monica Mountains. In a year that started with...
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Keeper of the nest…
A very loud shout out to Moms everywhere, but especially to my own. Killing it before she had kids… And after…
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Three reasons…
We started our move over the weekend, schlepping six suitcases filled with winter clothes and silverware to the right coast. For a brief moment in baggage claim at Newark (never again) Airport, we...
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Then and now…
Henry Harper, purveyor of fine scones… And, more recently, of Good To Go Organics…
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Thanks, Armed Services
Paul C. Harper, Jr., 1943, Captain in the Fleet Marine Force on Iwo Jima (age 23!) And yesterday, during a speech at his assisted living facility (age 92!)… …”Iwo Jima was our last battle: from there...
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Starting with bowls
Our first purchase for the new nest… Hand made by our awesomely talented nephew, Andrew Pearce. (Andrewpearcebowls.com)
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The Growing Wall Lives On
One of the only things we’re not sticking in a moving box this month is The Growing Wall, that place where we marked the growth of our kids, inch by inch. The wall hasn’t seen much action recently what...
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The H Team
July 4,1961. Winnetka, Illinois. The six Harper kids following the annual Family Races in Village Green Park. We all won medals that year and would have taken home the Family Cup if my mother hadn’t...
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Sweet Sorrow
Henry came to town for “Closure Weekend”, saying goodbye to our house and the houses he grew up in… 634 Copeland Court, age 0 through 6 703 7th Street, Age 6 thru 15 And a last walk on Old Ranch Road,...
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Somebody Kill Me
What makes you more brain dead: 1. A bong water spritzer. 2. One round with Alistair Overeem. 3. An interview with a professional hockey player. Or…a day spent packing, taping and tagging 59 boxes.
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Sorry, but you’re not on the truck…
Packing is almost done. We’re down to the head-scratchers… Uh, I’ve never climbed Everest, or been on a chain gang, and yet I own this… According to my wife, this death spike is actually a “hose...
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Sweet Sauce
We limped into Pecos, Texas, really looking forward to the barbecued brisket at this place… Alas, it was closed. We called to double check the hours. The proprietor picked up and said, “Is that you...
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American Road Food Quiz
Name the state from whence these delicacies come! Hint: It’s west of Massachusetts… Hint: Hawgs rule here (when they’re not being eaten)… Hint: Fried Chicken is the state bird…
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