Potluck, Shopping in a Tux, Robbie the Reindeer
Another week, another Fireside Carolers report. This weekend I got to drive out to Camas, WA, in questionable weather. (Though not so questionable as the onslaught of local weather coverage had hoped...
View ArticleBest Gig, Russell, Bleak House, Cranford, Blocks
Now that I’ve had my last Fireside Carolers gig of my first year, I can report that I plan on doing it again next year. For one thing, the time investment alone in learning the 50+ songs needs to be...
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Everything I Needed to Know about Oregon Flora I Learned While Throwing a...
Aerobie "The Astonishing Flying Ring" discs go a long way. And if you throw them the wrong way, they go a long way that way, too. Boys of ages 7-10 tend to do the latter. Sometimes one has to...
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One Year Ago Today
One year ago tonight, about this time (11-ish), my mom called me up and said my dad was having some "weird symptoms." It was nearly midnight. Mom didn't say they were calling 911 or anything, and I...
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Turning 40: Summer is for Fishing…and Fish Stories
This post is the second in an ongoing series detailing some of the things that made me as strange as I am today. If you like, you can go back and read Part 1. Summer in Anchorage is awesome, except...
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Turning 40: Tree-Climbing, Roof-Jumping, or the Perfect Snowball Launching Pad
This is the third in an ongoing series of posts reminiscing about my lost youth as I approach the dread benchmark for over-the-hillness, my fortieth birthday. I'm striving to be entertaining here, so...
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Recipe! Paleo Pumpkin Chili
Edit 10/25: Added the recipe in printable format. I'm on Week One of the Sweat360 6-Week Fall Meltdown, so I'm casting about for as many recipes as I can find, or at least ideas to inspire me. I...
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Turning 40: Pond Scumming, I Mean Skimming, or When Styrofoam Falls From Heaven
This is the fourth in an ongoing series of posts in which I reminisce for no apparent reason about the ups and downs of being a boy of the male gender growing up in Anchorage. This may be the last...
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Turning 40: I Can’t Believe That Went Wrong, or A Bit of Arson Around
And here I thought I was out of ideas…but this was sitting in my Drafts all along. First, admire the title. And yes, it's a nod to Wallace & Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which is a...
View ArticleMom: Correction and Comfort
My sister asked for memories about Mom for a birthday book she was compiling, so I thought it’d be appropriate to post my thought here as well as in the print book. So here it is, slightly updated...
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