Mostly photos with a little bit of commentary this week. Trying to get outside when we can, though it has been a week of heat, humidity, and haze. More of all three on the way this coming week, too. Daddy, I’m having fun playing catch! Quotes like that, unprompted, will melt your heart. Sometimes I…

It has been a hot week and we are all pretty tired. The main things to report on Monday and Tuesday are that I feel like we had a couple pretty good days with Charlie. Fun playing outside with the hose and on his slide fort, watching a movie together on the projector in the…

I am settling back into our regular work & school, dinner, and bedtime weekday routine, so these updates are less interesting than the last couple months. We got our car back on Wednesday. The problem was the coolant valve, which needed to be replaced. Thankfully it was covered under warranty. It was a hot, humid,…

I’m officially back to work after my sabbatical. On Monday, my final day of sabbatical, Jeremy Wall and I paddled up the Croton River from the Echo launch at the train station up to Fireman’s Island, which is about the farthest you can get without carrying your boat. Beautiful day and the water was ice…