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Ode to Colored Christmas Lights

Joel decorating our 2011 tree

My eyes ache, as a drowsy numbness peers My brain, as though of decaf lattes I had drunk, Or jazzed up with dull vanilla to the froth One minute past, and cliche-wards had sunk: ‘Tis not through envy of thy Upper Middle Class lot, But being too happy […]

Can you bake better than a 6th grader?

Last Christmas, Ryley learned a critically important lesson in baking when he was assigned to make and bring 2 dozen homemade cookies to a school event.

He made them. They were delicious. But first, he had to learn people prefer their cookies without so much protein.

Ryley, one year ago, not […]

Meet our new puppy

Originally, he was a hermit crab.

Our journey to adding another dog to our family began shortly before Joel’s birthday in October. Joel wanted a hermit crab. He discovered them at the mall, where a kiosk houses hundreds of the creepy crawlers in garish and tackily-painted shells. I thought it would be a low-maintanence […]