Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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The Thirty Second Look
Today, like most days, the girls were standing in the front window of our home when I left to go to work. As I walk down the front steps I try to look back and wave and make funny faces at them so that they have a laugh in their minds as I leave them for…
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Wordless Wednesday
After school nap time. And Story learning some stick handling skills.
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Brown Bear Sitting and Reading Pre-Bed Time
After bath time tonight Brown Bear headed into the nursery and grabbed a book. I did not actually manage to get a candid picture of her (as soon as she sees a camera she starts hamming) but she had the book open in her lap and was really studying the page she had it open to.…
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Twin Group Picnic Fun Day
Yesterday my Sweetheart and I took the girls down to Rocky Point Park for a picnic with a group of other parents of multiples. It was great fun being with others who understand what it is like to be the parent of twins or triplets. Here is a picture of our girls alongside a bunch…
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Pondering Brief Encounters
Definition; Brief encounters; those tiny little moments when you connect with someone else while sipping a coffee, or the people you sat beside on the bus or in a restaurant. Perhaps people you met in a bar many years before who you shared a laugh and a dance or two with. Do you ever wonder what…
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Hugh Laurie as House
Is there a more ridiculous premise for a television program than the premise behind House? What a truly ridiculous premise! For those of you who have not had the agony of watching this silly show, here is the story-line for a typical episode; some poor afflicted person arrives at the hospital where the uber-intelligent Dr House, affectionately…
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Writer’s Block and Five Finger Exercises
I have had a case of writer’s block for the last couple of days…actually since my last post. I have a couple of posts in the Draft stage but I cannot bring myself to do anymore on them. So for this evening, I felt some of Hemingway’s five finger exercises were long overdue. First, The…
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The Vancouver Restaurant Scene
In the days of long ago, during more innocent times, when we were childless, my Sweetheart and I would search out new and exotic cuisines at the most fashionable restaurants in our city. In fact we would plan our vacations around specific restaurants that we wanted to dine at. Sometimes in the middle of the night…
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Stay at Home Papa for the Day
Today my Sweetheart loaded all of the baby gear that we no longer use into a friend’s van and headed to the Baby Swap Meet. The plan was to leave me with the twins while she went and sold all the stuff. So first thing this morning, after we loaded the van I stood alongside the twins…
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