Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Family, History | 2 Comments »Yesterday was Yom HaShoah, a day of remembrance for the Holocaust of World War II. It's a day I knew nothing about until a friend's Twitter post and my sister-in-law's blog entry. It's a somber day in Israel and a ...
Back to “Normal”
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Daily Grind, Family | No Comments »Tomorrow Abby heads back to work and I get to tackle a 3-year-old and a 6-month-old on my own. It's a return to normal, if you can call that normal. I'm not really ready for being double-teamed, but I guess ...
Home from Ethiopia
Sunday, March 29th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Family | 1 Comment »It's hard to believe a few days ago I was in Africa. We made it home Friday afternoon with Milo and Lexi thoroughly embraced her big sister role. A lot has happened and there's a lot to say, but for now ...
We Leave Tomorrow
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Family | No Comments »In less than 24 hours we'll be on a plane for Ethiopia to bring home our son. It's been such a long wait. And it's almost here. As the hours tick down, I love how all the extra stuff falls away ...
A Week of Highs and Lows
Friday, March 6th, 2009 Posted in Daily Grind, Family | No Comments »If a week could suck, this one would be it: Found out Milo has been sick for a week with gastroenteritis. He's doing better, but the little guy doesn't have much weight to lose (Today we visited a two week old ...
Winston Erlandson, 1927-2008
Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Family | 1 Comment »My wife's grandfather, Winston Erlandson, passed away on Wednesday. Since local newspaper web sites are notorious for not leaving content online, I'm going to reprint the obituary here. Unfortunately the obituary doesn't tell you much about who Win really was (obituaries ...
Twitter, Moving, History & Art
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Art, Blogging, Domicile, Family, History | No Comments »Blogging has definitely slowed lately. I blame Twitter—I've been enjoying its strength as a place to make temporary, pithy comments that don't require much time or thought investment. Maybe that says something about how valuable/worthless my Twitter posts are, though ...
My Uncle Junior Died
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Family | 13 Comments »My Great-Uncle Junior died this week. Harry O. Hendricks Jr. (1924-2008) was my late grandfather's brother. He lived just down the street from my Grandpa in a town so small everyone is a neighbor (and related, as my wife often ...
Thankful to be Home
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Adoption, Family, Vacation | No Comments »700 miles, 12 hours, 4 podcasts, 2 half-listened-to audio books, a lot of U2 and one puking incident. It's been a long day, but we're finally back in the Twin Cities after three days in Kansas (and two on the ...
Death by Football
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in Family | No Comments »My first cousin three times removed, Andrew J. Reeves, died in a football game in 1920 at the age of 24. No further details, just "Andrew killed in football game." No wonder I've never cared to play much football. (If you're trying ...
Celebrating my 30th birthday with clean water and a clean shave.
