Category Archives: Family

Which images may be disturbing?

Today I watched more television than I typically do. The bulk of the afternoon was consumed by a glorious victory by my Cleveland Browns. It was nice to share the sweet peanut butter flavored ambrosia with my boys. Today’s contest … Continue reading

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Yes. I will raise another generation of Indians Fans

Last night I lamented the sorry state of being a fan of Cleveland sports teams. I even questioned my decision to raise my children as fans of the Cavs, Indians and Browns. It was just the rum and Coke talking. … Continue reading

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Thoughts about raising my boys as Cleveland sports fans

The much ballyhooed return of LeBron James to Cleveland finally happened tonight. It wasn’t pretty. Terry Pluto sums up the event and the game. It is enough to say we saw a great disappointment for Cavaliers fans. I did not … Continue reading

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Preschool wisdom from the apple orchard

I had the pleasure of accompanying Patrick’s preschool class to Eddy Fruit Farm today. It is a tradition now that Daddy takes the boys to the apple farm for the field trip. I went with James’ kindergarten class last week … Continue reading

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Time for school pictures

Well. Autumn is now officially here, I really don’t care what the calendar says or if it is meteorological autumn. I know that Fall has arrived because tomorrow is school picture day. James (our kindergartner) decided today that he would … Continue reading

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My boys are Browns fans

If you are from Cleveland nobody needs to tell you that of all the major sports teams, the Browns have the most loyal fan base. For some reason every fall brown and orange apparel, flags, etc reappear as sure as … Continue reading

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Questions from a five year old

It is easy to forget that things adults “just know” are clouded in mystery to children. Today my five year old was in the bedroom containing the bed that Joyce and I share. We have four kids, it’s safe to … Continue reading

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I still call them albums

Today I mentioned on Facebook that my boys and I were listening to Christmas music on an 8 track. The reaction was more than I would have expected. Not so much that we were listening to Christmas music, which only … Continue reading

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Do we see too much baseball? Impossible!

John played a doubleheader today, and the little brothers had to find some way to make it fun for everybody.

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Looking like a little slugger

Joyce and I were looking at old movies on our computer and came across this. Here we see John emulating his favorite Indian at the time, Coco Crisp. John still LOVES baseball. He might be a little embarrassed if his … Continue reading

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