Pater Familias

This post may be considered by some as contraversial, or a sell-out, given my previous pronouncements , but no matter how much Pirates rock,...

Elena Marie is a little explorer ... perhaps she's a pirate! And one day, she came across my shoe-shining kit, which includes cotton r...

I'm getting quanta with the family: short, concentrated, bursts of time that heighten the experience to an entirely different plane -- t...

Elena: We went to the azaleas. We saw a raccoon. And then, Isabel needed to go potty. And then she tripped and fell. Then, she got up a...

Ahoy, me hearties! Welcome to our Cyber Party for the Doug-meister! He's turning 40 tomorrow, April 26, and will be partying solo, unl...

Little girls dream of big parties to welcome their Papa, even if it's not yet his big 4-0 birthday. Any homecoming is reason enough to ...

Well, here I am in Philly New Jersey, slaying dragons; or, depending on your view, tilting at windmills. This being the second contract wi...