I learned how to make peanut butter cups when I was 15, by following a recipe I heard on some TV show. I came up with the peanut butter coated chocolate dipped pretzel rods when I was 19. And possibly … Continue reading
Digging for Dinner
Steamed clams. They’re free, and easily hunted. They take 5 minutes to cook, and about that long to eat. My daughter loves them. My other daughter loves mussels, but wasn’t a clam fan. Or as I like to say it … Continue reading
Water in the hole!
I dug this hole. I was looking for a clam, but couldn’t find it. So, Mae decorated it with rocks and filled it with fresh sea water. It was a place for her to soak her feet. It was a … Continue reading
Ida know what to say…
Seaweed flecks on her face, a pile of mint in her hand…she growls at me like a sweet monster. Ida, man, just before I took this picture she tripped and fell. I try my best not to give my kids … Continue reading
Elep
Mae did this. Wrote ‘Elep’ on a scrap of paper, taped it to a chopstick, and stuck it in a loaf pan. That’s my crappy description of this very sweet scene. Mae’s description goes like this: ‘This baby was just … Continue reading
This is Mae.
Self portrait of Mae swimming in the ocean. This is exactly what she looks like in the ocean: huge smile, lots of splashes, and her name neatly written in the sky.
The girls
We’ve been going to our garden a lot this summer. Our garden shares its gated space with the MTA, and is composed of rows of stone and wooden planters. We have a little planter that is filled with herbs, sea … Continue reading
Baby’s got bat.
One of Charlotte’s favorite ways to travel. Sometimes she’s too squirmy for the wrap or too tiny for the stroller. It seems she’s just perfect perched on Papa’s shoulder. At 10 1/2 months she smiles with a knowing sweetness, a … Continue reading
Mae and Ida
Jomade these little people. They laugh, they yell, they cry, they whine, they yell, they hug, they hit, they giggle, followed by a swift uppercut. It’s insane how insane they are. I want so much for them to understand how … Continue reading