Family Life

Debbie and I had come to a (mostly) unspoken agreement that the boys were too young to go trick or treating along our street. This afternoon people at work were rushing to get home early to dress their kids in their costumes, to go out hunting for candy. I smiled to myself because this wasn’t [...]

I took the boys out tonight to a local farm to pick out a pumpkin. There were stacks of pumpkins all beautifully arranged on hay bales inside an old barn. There were more stacks on wooden pallets outside. Oh, the fun! Climbing around the pumpkins. Walking around inside the barn. Talking a mile a minute. [...]

The temperature was in the mid 20s today, a beautiful, clear, sunny day (normal for this time of year is about 10

The geese know winter is coming. They’ve been gearing up to fly south for weeks. They gather in the millpond across the street every evening, so at dusk we have a chorus of honks for about an hour as they settle in for the night. There’s a similar chorus at dawn, which we would hear [...]

Actually, I don’t know if it’s global, but where we are it’s certainly warming. We’ve had hot weather for the past couple of weeks, and hotter still forecast for the days ahead. I have photos of the family outside at this time last year, and everybody’s wearing sweaters and windbreakers. Because it’s cold and windy. [...]