happy birthday, Holden
¶ by Rob Friesel(“Holden: age 3”, on Flickr.) This post is a couple days late, but just the same. You’ve turned four. You became a big brother. And you are become a person that I am proud to call my son.
Journaling, photos, letters home, and other little mementos to remember me by.
(“Holden: age 3”, on Flickr.) This post is a couple days late, but just the same. You’ve turned four. You became a big brother. And you are become a person that I am proud to call my son.
In all of last week’s commotion, I almost missed this completely: In October 2010, we were privileged to get a tour of Portland Head Light, 1 including a peek inside the actual lamp housing. As so many of my pictures do, these ended up on Flickr to be shared with the world. 2 And sometime […]
At 10:30am on April 12, 2012, we welcomed our new son Emery Stephen into the world. He was 8 pounds, 7½ ounces, and was 21 inches long. “He’s a real singer,” the nurse complimented as he launched into a forty minute wail. But he is a handsome devil, and we cannot wait to bring him […]
Wow, the first three months of 2012 really rushed by, didn’t they? Better dust off this year’s goals and see where we are with everything. I feel like I’ve done well, but how did I really do?
In my annual tradition of setting “goals, not resolutions”, I present: my 2012 Personal Goals: Exercise: ≥4 days each week. Same as last year. Call it re-committing, if you must. Again, nothing too specific; an exercise session could be a hike or a brisk lunch-time walk, or 2 hours at the rock gym or a […]
2011 is all over! Happy New Year on our way into 2012! Now in my annual tradition of evaluating my personal goals (“not resolutions”) let’s take a look at 2011’s outcomes…
Three months to go in 2011. How am I doing on my various personal goals? Let’s check in and find out!
1. Posed Kisses (2001), 2. Daytona in December (2002), 3. self-portrait #79 (2003), 4. Beach ’04 (2004), 5. self-portrait #1234 (2005), 6. Self-Portrait #3016 (2006), 7. self-portrait #3098 (2007), 8. last moments as a childless couple (2008), 9. self-portrait #6830 (2009), 10. at the “prom” (2010), 11. self-portrait #8899 (2011; can you believe there are none of just A. & I this year so far?), […]