This is not a political post, I promise. I try not to do that here. Just another brief snapshot from our lives as I navigate my post-Sandy commute. We have been working with Ryan on the idea of intolerance. He dismisses so many people from his worldview — girls, anyone that doesn’t like sports — […]
Read more "A Word About Intolerance"Blogging is likely to be short and sweet this week. My morning train ride is my usual blogging time, but my commute has been turned upside-down by the effects of hurricane Sandy. The picture above was the scene at the train station this morning just to get to the platform to wait for a train. […]
Read more "Very, Very Attractive Girls"I have not been further from my house than a walk around the block since Sunday. I’m not complaining — I know how lucky we are that Hurricane Sandy spared us major damage, or even a loss of power when so many in my home state of New Jersey are suffering horribly. We have no […]
Read more "Sunday – The Rest of the Story"Sorry folks, I have a lot to say, but with Hurricane Sandy having rolled through my neighborhood on Monday night, I have limited Internet access and limited time. We were very lucky. We still have electricity, and our home suffered only minor damage to its roof. We were not flooded. My kids have been out […]
Read more "Hurricane Sandy"Several years ago, we attended a first communion party for the son of one of Veronica’s good friends. It was a beautiful party, most notable for us because Ryan surprised us by tolerating it without issue and because Riley, then perhaps three, asked a stranger who turned out to be a surgeon in his fifties, […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 