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I may be jinxing myself by writing this, but — if all goes according to plan — last night Margo slept in her crib for the final time. The final pic of Margo in her crib (I’m 98% sure she is in this photo.) Today while she’s at school, I’m going to move the crib back to mine and Tara’s room to get it ready for its next tenant and then put together Margo’s first big girl bed (hopefully all the pieces are in the box!) 4/5/2025: Margo realizes she can jump on her bed Lately Margo

When weather, work, and parental responsibilities allow it, I like to start my morning commute with a 20-minute stroll to the train station slightly further from my house than the one that’s only a few blocks away. I get a sitcom-length amount of time (minus commercials) to myself screen-free where I can breathe in the fresh air, scope out the neighborhood chickens, and look for more wild birds. Of course, sometimes I try to have my walk and work it too and I’ll answer emails

Margo and I finally got around to processing most of our remaining orchard apples on Saturday night. Margo and I proudly show off our jar...

The first time Tara and I went apple picking at Hillcrest Orchards was almost exactly three years ago. Our first trip to the orchard in...

This is not the blog I intended to write today: I tried to write something inspired by my failed attempt to teach Margo that the next...

Most week days, my morning starts at 5:08. That’s when my phone dings to alert me that Tara’s walking down our driveway as her even...

With apologies to Theodor Seuss Geisel… I am Dad. I am Dad. Dad I am. “That Dad-I-Am! That Dad-I-Am! I do not like that Dad-I am!” Do you...

On Friday we — hopefully — entered a new and exciting phase of parenting: the pacifier-free life. I say “hopefully” because as I put my...

I spent the past five days almost completely alone, isolating with a – thankfully mild –  case of COVID that I didn’t want to pass on to...

Love has come to town and Margo couldn’t be happier.  At daycare pick-up on Tuesday she excitedly told me, “Daddy, Taylor Swift is...

The universe works in mysterious, mostly incomprehensible ways, but once in a blue moon if we stay on our intended path and pay close...

After an afternoon of sand castles & wave jumping at the beach the other day, I explained to my daughter Margo that I thought I had...