A Long and Rambling Update
While I was fiddling around with putting together documentation for Julie as to how to post updates to this blog, I re-realized that there is a feature in the tool I use that allows blog posts fairly...
View ArticleUnderpants
At 2-1/2, Alana is a girl’s girl, with an extreme fondness for: anything pink, princesses, did I say anything pink?, and, of course, princess underpants. The rule has been that she gets to wear...
View Article“J” (Tim’s Mom) Update
It’s been a rough past 7-10 days for my mom, but I figured I’d use a quick blog post to update those friends and family who may not be in the loop. I may update this entry a couple of times, as I’m...
View Article“J” Update No. 2
I talked to my mother this evening around 8:00 Central, and she was getting ready to head home from the hospital. It sounded like she was going to have another hour or two to wait, and she was clearly...
View ArticleA Glimpse into the Elder Wilsons’ Global Birding
If you’ve talked to my parents about birding at any length, you’ve probably heard them refer to “Jack-and-Ed” — Jack Cole and Ed Frost, who are California-based fellow birders with whom they frequently...
View ArticleClosing in on 40 Years…
Next year will mark my parents 40th year of marriage, unless I’ve butchered the math and my facts, which is entirely possible. If so, I’ll get a correction posted when they return from their Arctic...
View ArticleFamily Vacation Part 9: Cute Kids in Rangeley
These are various kid pics from the Rangeley leg of our vacation that just didn’t seem to fit into any of the posts up to this point. This first picture is not just of Alana and Carson doing the dishes...
View ArticleEarly Birthday, Early Christmas…Bikes All Around
My parents came into town last weekend for a quick visit, and one of the key tasks for the trip was taking Carson down to get a new bike — an early birthday present…but one that he desperately needed:...
View ArticleMy Parents’ Retirement: 44% Ain’t Bad for Five Weeks
My parents just returned from their 5-week Alaskan odyssey. They reported that, between the two of them, they saw 199 species of birds (they each saw 198, and each saw one that the other did not see)....
View ArticleCarson + 2 Grandparents + Maine = Heaven
Carson headed up to Maine with my parents for a week-and-a-half. I got the photos off their camera, but can only provide the sparsest of descriptions. I think the evidence indicates he had a great...
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