tim

weird lamp!

Weird lamps are so much fun.   Today we were at the second hand store, looking for a shirt for Jay’s Halloween costume.  (He’s Guy Fietti.)  And then Tim spotted this lamp.  It cost only a few dollars, but wow is it weird.  He cleaned up his whole desk and shelves to make room for it.

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trolling

We haven’t done this in a while. They caught a lot of weeds.  My mother in law calls it salad.  Back in the day we used to do a lot of trolling at their place up north.   My brother in law could only stand it for so long and then he’d have us reel in

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mr. ten

First we started out the birthday with a haircut.  Lookin’ good, Buddy. Then some nephews came for lunch.  This one is so cute and bald, sometimes I call him Mr. Luminous.  It suits him.  He definitely lights up a room.  Her, she’s just funny.  Unlike the hot summer evening when Tim was actually born, it

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getting there

At first it goes soooo slowly, it’s like it’s not happening at all. But then, all at once it is.  Reading turns real, and stories are fun. Here he’s happily (happily!) reading those old Dick and Jane stories from 40 years ago. They’re as dated as can be, but he’s laughing. Keep going, buddy.     We

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