Following up on vintage Tonka trucks, I finally released the last hidden truck to Number Two. He got three for Christmas and the fourth, a huge fire truck, would’ve been lost in the excitement. But this weekend, as I cursed…
Plus One Beer, Minus One Chicken
Life’s about balance, right? Yesterday I got to bring the beer I’d brought to life a little over a month ago. I was so excited to taste it that I forgot to refrigerate it, something I only noticed halfway through.…
Train Coming!!
Right now there’s a lot of excitement in our house about trains coming. Well, most of that excitement is radiating from the shortest resident, The Boy aka Number Two. With his bat-like hearing he can pick up the faintest ring…
Posted in Parenting, San Diego Tagged with: locomotive, nuclear fusion reactor, number two, parenting, train museum, trains, trolley
Making it Yourself
It’s one of the oldest themes of my blog: handmade. This weekend I went back to those roots, finding simple joy in the handcrafted pleasures of…oh, who am I kidding? UncleF#*k-Up finally bottled the beer after an extra week of…
Posted in Home Improvement, Parenting Tagged with: beer, CH, home brewing, leprechauns, parenting, uncle
Caring for Another
We are social animals–we relate more to chimpanzees as they survive through amity than in the hawk soaring alone. Necessary to our survival and growth as a species has been our willingness to care for other living creatures. Short of…
Posted in Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged with: animals, backyard, caregiving, CH, chickens, evolution
The Best Part of the Hardware Store
This weekend, as a joke while running errands, I told the kids that, as an extra-special treat, I would buy them each their own bottle of water. When we got to the store I made true on my promise and…
Posted in Home Improvement, Parenting Tagged with: CH, hardware store, mowers, number two, parenting, treats, water
You Can Lead a Chicken to Water…
…but you can’t make her drink. Oh my Lord, chickens are not smart. These are animals that once survived in the wild, yes? I know domestication is the opiate of the masses but really how hard is it to provide yourself…
What Not to Do At a Railroad Crossing
Here’s a little tidbit about car and train safety: don’t drive onto tracks if you aren’t prepared to get off them when the time (i.e. a giant train) comes along. No, this isn’t a first-person cautionary tale about Uncle F@*k-Up,…
Posted in Events, San Diego Tagged with: barriers, car safety, crash, idiots, traffic engineers, train, trolley
Irish Soda Bread Time
What time is it? IRISH SODA BREAD TIME! How easy is it to make? SO EASY! Is it delicious? YES! I can’t hear you! YEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!! Okay, that was too loud. Calmly and quietly proceed to the Irish soda bread recipe…
Making Beer, Part Two
Once you’ve made beer, what do you do with the grains? If you run your own CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) you can use tanker trucks to deliver thousands of tons of spent grain mash to your metropolis of pigs…
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