Standing Tall
Abigail is now standing on her own. It was pretty cool yesterday when she stood up, got excited and clapped for herself. So far she doesn’t show any signs of wanting to walk on her own. She’s happy using her walker thing for that. In addition to standing, she also got her first cold. Now […]
Jeep/Cabin Pictures/Comments
Are up. You can find them here. I still need to edit and publish more of the video, but I doubt that will ever get done. – b
Thunder Snow
Went XC skiing in the snow storm Wednesday night. Wasn’t necessarily a very smart thing to do. I was sick, but Gretchen needed to run. I thought the worst of it would come later. On the 3 mile trip there, I passed an accident. Should have turned back then. The whole gang was there. No […]
did it
About 10:30 last night I set up the tent on the deck. Part of the dilemma was tent or no tent. With the tent, I’d use my 0° bag. Without the tent I’d use the -20° though it probably doesn’t matter. It’s not really the gear in question. It’s your mental fortitude. So yeah, I […]
All About the Girl and Other Stuff Too
I should be sleeping outside tonight. The forecast for Philly is 5°F tonight, which could be a few degrees colder out in these parts. I should be throwing my -20°F sleeping bag out on the deck and settling down for a toasty night. We’ll see. That’s quite a routine change when you’re crashing down after […]
Head First with Knives
That’s Abigail’s slogan lately. She wants to do everything head first while grabbing all the knives we have. The more dangerous, the more she’s interested. Fisher Price’s got nothing for this kid. Maybe I’ll get her a copy of the Anarchist Cookbook for her birthday. – b
Redneck Retreat
Got lots of work to do this week, but here’s a sneak peak at this past weekend in the woods of north central PA. Oh wait! That’s a gas well in place of our most favorite overlook. That’s not interesting. This was our first or second attempt at this really steep hill (which I didn’t […]
Lunch with Marcus
Met Mark for lunch today at some little hole in the wall in West Chester. Not a bad place. Nice variety in beer and decent cajun menu. We settled down at the bar with a couple of Ballast Point Big Eye IPA’s and started talking beers. Then something happened. We started getting beers for free. I don’t know if the bartender knew […]
Night Ski
Realized last night I’ve only ever been XC skiing at night. Not even sure I’d enjoy it during the day. The few inches we got the other day over the barely few inches we already had made for some so-so skiing conditions last night. Though skiing out over the lake in its few inches of […]