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Monday, July 27, 2026

Whatever happened to that old song, to all those little girls and boys?

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  I go through periods in which I'm very sentimental and nostalgic for the years when my kids were young. They're still "young,...
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Monday, July 20, 2026

Once our cats are gone, we're taking a break from having pets...or at least that's what we tell ourselves.

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We owned all of these guys at one point. Now only the two on the left remain. We currently own three cats: Ginny (11 years old), Molly (9), ...
Monday, July 13, 2026

It says here I'm older than three-quarters of the people I meet

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There is a website called oldfart.io  that exists solely to let you know what percentage of the population is younger than you. You just ent...
Monday, July 6, 2026

Parents, make sure you get video of your kids doing everyday things, not just the big holidays and special occasions

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  The advent of home movie cameras in the mid-20th century (and later the camcorder revolution of the 1980s) meant that families for the fir...
Monday, June 29, 2026

The Tooth Fairy always stocked up on quarters in our house

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Strangely enough (to me anyway), one of the most-read posts in the history of this blog is one from 2013 in which I wrote about the fact tha...
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Monday, June 22, 2026

I have had to relearn where everything goes in our new kitchen

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This is our new (and somewhat confusing to me) kitchen. We recently undertook a long-overdue kitchen renovation. And when I say "long o...
Monday, June 15, 2026

In my Grandpa Era

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With apologies to Ms. Taylor Swift, I'm thoroughly enjoying being nearly 10 months into my Grandpa Era. Here's a quick photo essay d...