Family
I am focused and I love my people and I can be selfish and the focus helps me thrive.
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Suburban Land Use and the Resurrection: a Photo Essay for Easter Sunday
Recently, through a Google image search I ran on this image, I learned of a building in Wheaton that was repurposed from a factory to a church. Here’s a snippet of a story about the transformation: “Wheaton church transforms old factory into new home“: The original factory was designed by David Haid, the architect behind the…
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First Day of School, 2017
Today was the first day of school for my youngest son. I arrived early— I always like the sun position on the first day of school. Still high in the sky, but lowering— you can feel the lowering. Bright greens remain. Blooms are still relevant.
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Doing Los Angeles, June 2017
Recently I went to Los Angeles with my youngest son. I have a tradition of going on a trip, just me and them, when each of my kids turn 16. CXO chose Las Vegas in 2015. Caleb choose Los Angeles. So we went. Once we landed, we went downtown to the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. A…
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Orientation, Minnesota
Over the last couple days I was in Minneapolis for “orientation” at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. I am disoriented. My child will go to college there. Here are some thoughts + photos:
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Archiving Schoolwork and Other Stuff from Your Kids
One thing about school kids in our culture is that they make a lot of stuff. I am a parent of two boys and I’m also an avowed archivist. Over the years, I’ve developed some practices for managing and storing the stuff kids make, collect, and earn over the course of childhood. Since my oldest child…