Regular Life

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We lived a mile from these tracks for about a year. Ben, who was only two when we moved away from there, first flexed his verbal muscles by declaring, “Wain!” every time he heard the locomotive’s horn Dopplering toward us.
Spectacular sunsets were the norm from our street. We lived [...]

Ben’s logic continues to develop. And I quote:
“Did this fish have a mouth? Was it alive and swimming in the water?”
After he gets the answer, “Yes,” he continues to wolf down his baked salmon. So, we dodge that bullet.
Then this one comes when the in-laws have us over for steak (it was delectable):

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The great Benjini whips up a spell.
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We made it through another portrait session with Benjamin.
Although I was tempted, we didn’t order any prints of the top picture. The little guy was being so [...]

A boy moves tiles that represent spaceport buildings.
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The Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History wasn’t like a convention at all. The crowd resembled the folks seen at church, the mall, downtown, or at the office. Only a few kids were dressed [...]

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The people in the above photos are not virgins.
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My wife went to a museum’s Star Wars exhibit with me, and all I got her were some stinkin’ flowers. If you’re looking [...]

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My lovely wife on our 15th Anniversary “trip.”
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Rather than perform a time-consuming feat of photo resizing and clever textual depictions of the weekend’s events, I’ll just [...]

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Earlier this summer, we withdrew Benjamin from baseball because after two good practices he squalled every time we tried to coax or gently force him onto the field. He never asked to play baseball, but we knew [...]

Bavaria - A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory.
— TheSage’s English Dictionary and Thesaurus
To hear Bob Marley sing “Edelweiss,” you must go to a German restaurant in Texas.
— Me
August is a very busy month for us. I’m hoping to run low on material in [...]