How Clean Should a Home Really Be?

Thoughts I have while cleaning.

I was just vacuuming the kitchen, you know, digging into the trim along the floor underneath the sink, a place that never seems to get totally clean. I got all the vaccumable stuff, but still. My inner goldbrick spoke up, “Aw, that’s good enough. Consider the dirt a sign of life ongoing.” Then I thought back to how perfectly immaculate my childhood house was. What did that signify? I also thought of how some of my mom’s ashes wound up in a vacuum cleaner. more…

Our Family Knock-Knock Joke Redux

A time-traveling knock-knock joke

Just a quick note about those interrupting cows. Doc has a new version of the knock-knock joke that has seven-year-old SD delightfully baffled. more…

Our Roles: Which Parent Does What These Days?

The past fertilizes the future.

I read — and shared — an article the other day about what roles today’s mom and dads play within their households. I was surprised more…

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