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June 2012

Huddled in the Dark

Huddled In The Dark   Here’s to hoping that one man’s struggles can help out another I share these thoughts as my cure and to help my fellow sister or brother   I sit here… 

Remember when now was a memory?

Maybe it was the rain. Maybe it was the grey. Or maybe it was just that kind of day.   Uneasy followed me closer than my own shadow. I tried forcing a smile while thinking… 

Father’s Day

It’s Father’s Day today. One of my favorite days of the year really. I am fortunate to be a dad myself. Today isn’t about me though, it’s about my dad, and all the real dad’s… 

Twins and green grass

Yesterday the twins and I made a stop at the airport as we often do. This time we went to a different location alongside a long runway that runs East-West. This place has a larger… 

A Night at Alumni Field

Saturday night 19 of us (friends and family) made our way to Keene, NH for a night of fellowship, food, and collegiate summer league baseball. Oh, and yes there were fireworks at the end of… 

Walk-Off Win

Ryan Beal scores the winning run in a come from behind, walk-off win. This is from the play-by-play account on the NECBL Website. Bottom of 9th Keene Swamp Bats Pitching Substitution 8 Dave Spinosa subs… 

Gray Jay

Thanks to a blog post I found online posted by Bryan Pfeiffer I was able to identify my bird more easily. Bryan’s blog gives a tremendous description to this little piece of paradise in the… 

Cowboy hat

Aside from wanting to be a professional ball player, my second choice was to grow up and be a cowboy. Well, I am batting .000 on those careers, but maybe Theodore will take one of… 

D-Day +68 (years)

When I woke up this morning the first thing on my mind was June 6, 1944. I thought about what the troops must have been feeling as their turn came to storm those French beaches.… 

Playing in the rain

I know I was supposed to be preparing supper. Or at least thinking about it. Instead I had to get a moment with my little girl. I took her out on the front porch, for… 

Twin mariners

Elm Brook Park, Memorial Day, 2012 Thank you to the special group of individuals that make up our armed forces for the freedoms we enjoy so that we can take in moments such as these.… 

Happy Hug

Yesterday I let the twins pick out their own socks. After several socks were put on, swapped, doubled up, and traded, this is what they ended up with. They thought that pants were not necessary… 

Twin talk

This morning our two-year old twins were playing nicely and interacting peacefully with one another when the following dialogue occurred. First, just to quickly set the stage, Jacqueline was sitting on the couch playing with…