“It’ll fit,” I said, sizing up the tree out in the field. “It’s the perfect size.” My wife was the one who’d found it, using her spacial awareness superpowers to sniff out the perfectly sized and shaped tree for our living room. She wasn’t in costume, but her superpowers still worked. Ruby agreed that this […]
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We Built a Playground! (or What it Means to Live in a Co-op)
If you wanted to see the true cooperative spirit in action, all you had to do was to be in our courtyard this weekend for a glimpse of a functional community doing what it was designed to do. All it took was a project. In case you didn’t know by now, I live in a […]
11 Pictures of My Dog With Her Tongue Hanging Out
Happy Friday, Internet!
Super Harvest Blood Moon 2: The Doomening
It has happened once before in my lifetime, but I was 4 years old and somehow I missed it. This time I was prepared. I would see the second Super Harvest Blood Moon, and I would see it good. To prepare for this cosmic event I did little to no research and then, at the […]
Instant Playground – Just Add Imagination
Yesterday, our courtyard mysteriously filled up with cardboard boxes and a city was built. Hideouts were constructed, alliances were formed, and a world was created. Legend tells of a kitchen that was installed, causing the appearance of the boxes, but the truth may never be known. Regardless, there was fun to be had, and it was […]
Infamous Gigs: Exclusive Okee Dokee Brothers Edition
Last night my children and I had the extreme honor and privilege to see the Grammy-award-winning duo The Okee Dokee Brothers perform their first ever Vermont show. It was a beautiful evening out at Bread and Butter Farm, and though they always have marvelous music and fantastic food there, last night just seemed extra special. We […]
Recording the Counterpoint Album
We did it. After two days, 17 1/2 hours, 22 songs, 16 singers, countless takes, and infinite caffeine, we recorded an album this weekend. You may recall that I was previously involved in a Kickstarter project to raise money for a new recording of Pete Seeger songs with choral group Counterpoint, and this weekend was […]
In Which Edward Steals a Boat, We Discover a Secret Colony of Gnomes, and Encounter the Second Largest Whale in the World
Day 1: Spirits are high as we begin our Mainecation with our neighbor Mecca and her son Vulian. Their family owns a house on Christmas Cove, which means that apparently we are allowed to sing Christmas carols whenever we want, even if it is July. Jingle Bells is our new theme song. We left Vermont […]
The Best Experience a Dad Blogger Can Have
Some days I write for myself, just to get something out of my system. Like yesterday. Other days I write for you. Yes, you. I write something that I hope you will enjoy. I hope you will laugh, reflect, learn, or smile. Like the day before yesterday. But honestly, I write a lot of these […]
My Robot Just Killed Your Painting. Now It’s Dead.
Today was very nearly the first weekday that I did not post something, ever, since the beginning of Tenor Dad. Though I have pledged not to write about my son’s health in these pages anymore, at his request, to understand today’s story you must at least understand that we were in the hospital. From the […]