Raising Us

Our evolution, herein contained

*”With the beautiful mountains all around me”

Posted on May 18, 2007 - Filed Under Travel | Leave a Comment

*Girl From West Virginia by Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. This is one of the more famous bluegrass groups out there. They’ve been recognized with some pretty significant awards in the bluegrass community.
My definition of heaven on Earth. You’ve worked hard so far and there’s more to come, so you bed down in a meadow and […]

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“Take whatever lies ahead/The good with the bad, and leave the rest”*

Posted on May 13, 2007 - Filed Under Adult swim, The Daily Doodle, Travel | Leave a Comment

*Catching On by Son Volt. I have a kind of ‘love/not really into’ relationship with this band. I really liked their breakthrough album Trace but some of the stuff since then has been kind of so-so. The lead singer, a guy named Jay Farrar, is supposedly some kind of musical and lyrical genius. Anyway, if […]

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The mice will play when the cat is away

Posted on May 2, 2007 - Filed Under Adult swim, Travel | 2 Comments

As Erin mentioned, she and Maggie were visiting Grandmama and Grandpapa last week in Florida. Wilson and I (Charley doesn’t count–all she’s interested in is when she’s going to get fed) therefore had the house to ourselves. I had a lot of crap to do for work and the weather wasn’t all that great for […]

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Playtime for Maggie

Posted on January 31, 2007 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle, Travel | 1 Comment

Yesterday Maggie and I went to the local Youth Center for ‘Tot Time’. ‘Tot Time’ is basically time for children of ages 1-4 to have supervised playtime together in the gym. I would not have known about if it weren’t for a nice Mother who told me about it when Jason, Maggie and I were […]

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The long road home

Posted on May 29, 2006 - Filed Under Travel | 1 Comment

To our faithful readers, we extend our most sincere apologies for the lack of posts the last few days. We were traveling for the holiday weekend and had no internet access. We have not yet completely stretched ourselves into the digital age by acquiring a laptop with wi-fi access capabilities. I will need one when […]

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Not a record but good enough

Posted on May 13, 2006 - Filed Under Travel | 1 Comment

Well, we’re back from the big trip to Florida. It was good to get away and enjoy a change of scenery, but I gotta tell ya, it’s good to be home. I mowed the grass as soon as we got home and had a moment of clarity: Somewhere amongst all the complaining, aspiring, and stressing […]

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