the kartography

Family

In Tyler Straits

Resisting temptation, picnicking at the pub, and marco polo

Family

Stream Me Up, Scotty!

Rock pizza for lunch, adobo chicken for dinner, and some live-streaming in between.

Family

Homework, Housework, Dark Park, Tex Mex

Salamanders, a mountain, Saturn, and a dragon?

Family

Rain on Our Parade

Look at that white wall! April showers bring flash floods. We become... mallrats?

Family

A De-Bunking and a Dark Hollow

Some solid light work, and a hollow dark excursion.

Garden

The Wintergarden: Autumnal Equinox Update

Since it's raining and I'm stuck inside, I feel inspired to write up another garden update in lieu of the actual gardening I'd otherwise be doing. Things have been going great since my last update: The intense drought we had all summer was no match for the high-quality soil I

Family

Blue Skies and Yellowcake

Six million toads, a couple old bridges, some yellowcake, and Riley's biggest fan.

Family

Party, Surprise Party, Party of 3

We went to church, stormed the castle, and visited the Australian outback.

Family

Spring Forward, Fall... Forward

Park Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope. Then, Rile E. Coyote *actually* catches the roadrunner!

Family

Nacho Nacho Man

It's... nacho prerogative! ...to think that this weekend is all park and no bite.

Family

The Most Magical Place

Cheeseburger math and simulated nostalgia, brought to you by Microsoft.

Family

Kemper Fi!

Signature required. Riley and Taylor start school! Terry Rakolta is 10-ply.

News

Sunday, Rain Day, Mayday, Green Day

Green beds without ham. But oh, the places we went!

Family

On Reunions and Royalty

Athennia's family is awesome. PA's roads are not. We're too poor to afford chicken tenders.

Family

Nike (Just Did It)

Sunny with a chance of missiles! Riley massacres some corndogs.

Garden

Wintergarden Update

I stack my meager gardening game up against three grandmasters. Also, I put a bunch of dead stuff in a pile.

Family

A Lasagna Free Weekend

There was pizza. There were tacos. There was ice cream. No one had lasagna.

Friends

Happy Birt day, Emily!

Caterpillars, cornhole, and a T-Rex attack at Emily's birt day party!

Family

Kids, Cousins, and a Calico Cat

Flora for dinner, fauna at the end of the night.

Family

Nifty Thrifty

Burgers, shakes, and saving 15% on Athennia's car insurance.

News

A Box Truck, a Bounty, and a Birthday

No, not that kind of bounty. Just a good haul from our garden.

Family

Village of Peddlers

We were village people for the day. Riley didn't fear the reaper. The number of ponds was nonzero.

Family

Family Fourth of July Party

Fun with Riley, then at Kevin's family's July 4th party!

Family

Fauxther's Day

I take a break from my carefree bachelor life to practice being something approaching dad-like.

Garden

The Wintergarden

I play in the dirt and bury seeds; then plants happen. Vermiculite is expensive and prosecutors suck.

News

One Step Forward...

...and the proverbial two steps back.

News

A Sprain and a Soiree

At least it's not broken... and a primer in straylight.

Family

Everyone and His Cousin

I have cousins. Athennia does too. This weekend we saw some of them!

Friends

The Friend Zone

Bees are our friends (except the jerky ones), but this post has nothing to do with bees.

Friendly Fire! (and Tacos)

Riley and Kevin battle for the cup!

Family

An Eggless Easter

People in east Guam find out we're buying yams. Riley and I become buddies.

News

The Proposal!

Kevin asked me to marry him! Of course I said YES!

Family

March Madness

I make everything start with M because I'm feeling clever. Microsoft goes down three points.

Family

Mad Mex and Happy Valentines

Kevin's birthday and a lovely Valentine's Day weekend.