Posted on August 26, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
As I drove up the rural onramp to get up on I-91, I knew that something wasn’t right. The notion that car just didn’t seem as peppy as it should be floated through the back of my head but the alarm bells were hardly going off. I was driving an elderly, but good and solid [...]
Filed under: Helpful People, Humor, Travel, Vermont, Writing, family, home | Tagged: AAA, break down, car, family, green mountains, I-91, mountains, new england, New Hampshire, summer, Vermont, wedding, winter | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 7, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
We are a TV-less family. I have to admit that I do rather wear it as a badge at times but to be completely honest, it didn’t start out as a noble experiment to better our lives and save my quickly softening brain.
When Action Girl and I got our first apartment together, we were… [...]
Filed under: Computers, Humor, Kids, Nostalgia, Television, Writing, family, home | Tagged: Add new tag, advertisment, amazon.com, cartoons, commercials, consumerisim, ebay, kid's television, miffy, Television, tv, youtube | 5 Comments »
Posted on August 4, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
As I sit on the couch in our living room, I can just make out a faint, sweet, tuneless singing floating down from Short Stack’s room. It’s past bed time. Actually, it’s WAY past bed time but the tune, though incomprehensible to my adult ears makes me smile and I’m deeply happy to hear it [...]
Filed under: Kids, Ruminating, Writing, family, home | Tagged: afraid of the dark, childhood, dark, fear, grandparents, Kids, night, Writing | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 1, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
The glass door is opened and I step into the small room. The atmosphere is moist and the temperature is warm. Just right. It’s a tight space and I’m happy to have it all to my self. Another visitor would make things too difficult to properly scan the boxes. It’s been a while since I’ve [...]
Filed under: 70's, Guys, Humor, Kids, Nostalgia, Writing, family, home | Tagged: birth, cigarettes, cigars, college, finals, friends, humidor, Kids, peer pressure, quiting smoking, smoking, vices | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 28, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
It’s the high season in Maine and it seems like every advancing wave on the beach washes up another family toting cameras, sunblock and a cooler big enough to put a complete thanksgiving dinner for twelve in. I don’t begrudge them their visit. It’s beautiful here! If it wasn’t already my home, I’d probably be [...]
Filed under: Helpful People, Humor, Kids, Maine, Ruminating, Writing, family, home | Tagged: beach, bicycle, bike, bike trailer, cemetery, coast, Kids, loss, Maine, Maine coast, mountain bike, nap, summer, tourists, traffic, vacation | 6 Comments »
