Mother and I were watching some cooking show (yea, that’s how I roll) when they featured a dish that we just had to try; Milk-Can Supper. It is a super-simple dutch oven recipe involving steaming all the the food using beer. As luck would have it, my younger Brother and...
I promised Timmy that he could drive the Z to school after he got his license and a B average at school. He did both and I have been living up to my promise of allowing him to drive the car, knowing the risk I was putting the car in....
No where near as celebrated as the Mother’s edition, we Fathers get our day to be wined and dinned once a year as well. Today Timmy treated me out to breakfast at our local mom-n-pops dinner where the morning weather was so perfect, we ate our eggs and bacon out...
Tim had his 16th birthday today. He chose an intimate family-only get together at his favorite (and expensive) restaurant followed by a very non-traditional apple turnover tower instead of a cake. Even Moose got to join in on the fun.
In my youth I played my fair share of paintball, but it has been a decade since my last times played, and even then I paid the price for days after each game. This weekend, I did not want to pass up the opportunity to play with my own son...
Alas, my final sibling-visit before I get to leave California; Tobias, the always well groomed brother. Tobias has been held up in Auburn at a hotel for the past few weeks (work related) ruining by good plans to get us 3 brothers out for a ‘boy’s night’. Instead, I had...
In all of my life, I can not recall a single time where Steven (my youngest brother) and I sat down and talked one-on-one – maybe we have, but not to my recollection. The kids watched Moose while Steven and I went out for some manly time – pizza and...
Working my way down the state, I dropped in to visit Nicole and Rod who just earlier this year were living in Phoenix. Now the entire family (but me) is back in California… I had so much hope for them. Nicole was going to dog-sit Moose while I flew back...
After leaving my Mother in Crescent City I drove 260 miles south to visit with my oldest brother; Dan. This is the first time I have seen Dan in over a year and thanks to his doctor’s and care-staff, he is looking much better – with more hair, less weight,...
Tim turned 15 in May. He promptly began and completed a 40-hour online course which allowed him to get his driver’s permit early. This past Monday he and I spent a few hours at DMV where he passed his written test, got his photo taken, and is now an official...
