Life with boys … me … “hey, are you alive?” … “yes, but I am in Kentucky” …. “Kentucky?” … “it’s a project” … ummm Continue reading

Life with boys … me “a snack pepper is not a straw for ranch” … Slurp … eww … Continue reading

Life with boys … boy has decided baby goats should be called goatlets … Continue reading

Morgan has officially earned both of Scouts BSA’s highest STEM advancement awards: the Dr. Bernard Harris Supernova Award and the Thomas Edison Supernova Award. These awards recognize advanced achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and this was not a quick project. Morgan spent more than five years completing the requirements for the two Supernovas.… Continue reading

Recovered family correspondence — February 14, 2021. I asked Jo when Grandma AraBelle and Grandpa Peter’s anniversary was. Jo’s answer was less a date than a family story: Big joke was daddy said December 7, and mom would swat him and hiss Peter. He got mom so mixed up, she couldn’t remember. I think it… Continue reading

Sue Hughes shared a family WWII remembrance while I was still working on AraBelle’s story. She wrote that her hometown was honoring veterans with banners from Memorial Day through November. Her sisters had arranged one for their father, and three of her uncles — Lavern, George and Ray — would also have banners. Sue wrote:… Continue reading

Recovered family correspondence — February 8–15, 2021. While I was working through old family photographs, I sent Jo a pair of images and asked for help identifying the people in them. Jo identified the second photograph as Grandma Grace Zeimet with her surviving children, probably at Aunt Mary and Ida’s cabin just north of Pringle.… Continue reading

Life with boys … last night while listening to some music, a song came on that reminded me of making a mixed tape a million years ago … Matt and I were trying to explain the process … the effort that went into sharing those special songs with someone else … that you have to… Continue reading

Life with boys … boy suggested someone should update “We didn’t start the fire” … I don’t think we want to immortalize all of this with a catchy tune Continue reading

Life with boys … obviously, it is more cost-effective to purchase the bulk pack of staples … now I have 25,000 staples … Continue reading