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Moon Beam

This picture is also looking out over Abrams Pond in Eastbrook, Maine. The shutter was open for a split second and therefore there’s a bit of a blur in this photo. Even so, it captured… 

My Friends, My Cousins

Beginning with trips, visits, and times before they ever registered with my conscious memory, I had many friends. These friends weren’t from my neighborhood or from our church, and I wasn’t even old enough to be… 

Child support

Sometimes I think that us parents (I know I am guilty at times too) try to control too much. When someone else delivers a positive message to our kids that is received, perhaps more so… 

Ocean Path Hike – Acadia National Park

These pictures are from our family hike on Ocean Path at Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Amaris, Erin, Sebastian, Theodore, Jacqueline and myself hiked a little more than 3 miles. We left… 

Reflecting

It’s cool, it’s blue, this place of solitude Sit for a while, reflect, in this quiet place   Notice things that normally get away Slow down, exhale, embrace this new pace

Oh my deer

These were taken 10 days apart. The top one was in the front yard this morning. The bottom one was from the backyard a week and a half ago. I have seen a few more… 

Text, Text, Boast. Tweet, Tweet, Post.

#YOLO. You Only Live Once. This is one of today’s not-well-thought-out (if involving any thought at all) statements made by the youth of the day. Unfortunately this is not, carpe diem, live life to the… 

Serenity

The porch is part of the main house. It’s finished. Wood flooring connects the open space to the living room and the kitchen. Eleven windows and a nearly full glass door wrap around the porch-living… 

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… 

Remember – Memorial Day

This weekend is the unofficial American kick-off to summer. With the weather we are getting here in the Northeast, it feels like summer already. It’s Memorial Day Weekend. So, without further adieu, I will get… 

Goffstown In Baseball

Goffstown, NH was incorporated in 1761. Goffstown ranks as just the 14th largest municipality in the state of New Hampshire. The 2010 Census put Goffstown’s population at 17,651. Roughly 15% of the population is between age 18 and age 24, or approximately 2,648 people. I am going to point out some more details from this age group a little later on in this piece. There are roughly 4,000 folks in Goffstown that are under the age of 18, in this group, nearly 10% of this group play baseball in the Goffstown Jr. Baseball organization. I point these numbers out because I find these things interesting enough to share.

Goffstown is a small town. There are 202 municipalities in New England that are larger than Goffstown. For this piece I refer to Goffstown baseball based on the towns the school district pulls from. Goffstown, New Boston (2010 census pop. 5,321), and Dunbarton (2010 census pop. 2,758) make up the school district. I will also point out which town the individuals mentioned in this piece hail from.

Mother’s Day

Sometimes there’s a plan, a grand scheme with the details all but ironed out. Other times there’s a discussion, maybe even a decision made, but no rock solid plan, just see what happens. Then there’s… 

Early reviews: Sox are a bust and have lost their way

Welcome to the circus that is Fenway Amusement Park and the 2012 performance of the Boston Red Sox Players as conducted by seemingly, mildly interested ownership. Lead Jester in this years performance is Bobby Valentine.…