Rainbow Country

  Bob Marley's song "Rainbow Country" was playing in my car through most of my twenties driving up and down coast highway. I was by myself most of the time. Now days I have my buddies. I'm so relieved that cali finally got some rain after such a drought. It just makes me all nostalgic and stuff.

Midweek Mutterings

After picking the twins up from preschool, strapping them in their seats and handing out snack bags(because they barely eat at school), I asked what they did today.
Dad: Did u guys read books or sing songs?
Evan: Yeah.
Dad: Tell me more.
Evan: There was an old woman who lived...in a snack bag.

Evan's Etchings

  I remember it like yesteryear. I was in the social room at Mema and Grandpa's one spring day in Minnesota with a pencil and my tracing books. I was probably five or six. For some reason the time had come to stop tracing over bugs bunny and instead I drew him free hand on a piece of lined paper. I went and showed Mema when I was done and she almost hit the roof. She couldn't believe I did it so she asked me to do it again in front of her. When mom came to pick us up she handed her the drawings and said something about getting me into art classes right away. That moment will always be there until the lights go out. It was that important, so when Evan showed me the drawing of the snail, at THREE YEARS OLD!! I wasn't faking any surprise, a true 'holy shit!' moment. But thanks to the memory of Mema's reaction I knew exactly how important to the make the memory for this young artist. Thanks to all you Grandma's gettin' it done!

Tuesdays Tip (How to be a rockstardaddy)

  Handle one crisis at a time. Fire by fire, diaper by diaper...just do it real f#@%ing fast.

Midweek Mutterings

  Evan is attached to a book of animal pictures, Isaac too but it's Evans nightly choice for story time. He points and names almost every one of the hundred critters in the book. The other night he identified the porcupine. Marie asked him what does the porcupine do...
  Evan: "He porks people."

Monday Quotables

This weeks quote comes from the mouth of Mr. Nine Months himself... "Mama."

"Electric Grains" Rockstardaddy Kitchen.

  As an admitted sugar junkie for most of my life, I've made the effort, post thirties, to become a more health conscious chef. Not only to benefit myself but obviously for the family too. Oh sure I slip plenty but, slowly the change within occurs.
  Along this journey my learning process has included some scary lessons about the food we consume in America, but more importantly the knowledge quest leads to all sorts of new exciting foods that won't sit in my gut and wreak havoc. Quinoa, one of the ancient staple grains including faro, barley, etc., has found it's place into my kitchen. I'm so happy about this stuff and how healthy it is, I had to rock out about it. This is just a little ditty about slipping Quinoa into the boys meals, so when they start whuppin' my ass on the golf course they'll have Quinoa to thank...and an inherited natural swing!