For reasons that I will not get into at this exact moment, I found myself last night in Franklin, MA, at a hotel with my mother, my sister, my niece, and my two children. I had reserved the room online the day before and had clearly stated that there would be three adults and two […]
Category Archives: Family
Christmas Hangover
Man, that was a lot of Christmas! There is only so much joy and frivolity that one can take, and I am wiped out! The 26th should be a national holiday as well: a day of recovery. See, New Year’s Day is nice, because everyone does their celebrating the night before, and then you get […]
Family Camping Trip: A Disaster in Three Parts
DISASTER ONELast year we borrowed my mother’s tent and took the family camping for a night, and Ruby loved it so much that she spent an entire year asking when we could go again. Well, this summer we went again, and now that I have recovered from the trauma, I can finally discuss it. It […]
Early Morning Photo Shoot
When I started Tenor Dad around two years ago, I needed to choose a picture for my avatar, and I didn’t know what to choose. A picture of myself? A picture of my kids? A picture of me singing on stage? What felt right? What could possibly capture everything that I wanted these pages to […]
Clutter Wars
There is nothing that causes an argument in my house like clutter. Our house has traditionally been full of it, much to the dismay of my wife, and now that we have downsized to an even smaller place the clutter has almost completely taken over. Now, I will freely admit to being a bit of […]
Lighthouse Tour of Portland, Maine
This past weekend the family and I headed north east to Maine to visit my father. Normally when we visit him we don’t go out and do things. We stay home and hang out. This time, however, we had pre-planned a trip to Portland to see some lighthouses. This is a great family activity, because […]
The Pump House
For those of you not in the know, The Pump House is an indoor water park located at the top of a mountain in the middle of a ski resort. And it is awesome. Vermont has a lot of things, ski resorts and mountains being most of them, but one thing Vermont does not generally […]
The Brotherhood of Brother-In-Laws
My wife is one of three sisters. She is married to me, her younger sister is married to Uncle Tall Dave, and her older sister is not married at all. Uncle Tall Dave and I get along very well, which is good since we have to spend all major holidays together as the only two […]