I am pleased to report that the Net of Our Discontent lived to see another fishing day, and this one was more fruitful. I was sitting on the beach a few yards away from the kids, having another “this is the life†moment, when I heard their voices grow louder and more excited. The three […]
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A Summer “Fishing Report†from Multiple Perspectives
Recently, forgetting that we still have a couple of small, salvageable fishing nets, I took Baby-Girl to the dollar store for yet another net. That evening, the kids and I headed out to the beach. I plopped my beach chair in the sand and they walked down to the water, net and bucket in hand. […]
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Girl Meets West #9: Free-Range Parenting and the Color of Indignation
Y’all, I apologize. It’s been forever since I started this series; specifically, I began writing about last summer’s road trip last summer, and here I am finishing it up this summer. That was certainly not my intent, but my workload during the last year-and-a-half was intense, so I’m just beginning to get back on my […]
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No More Princesses on the Beach
One day recently, the kids and I went out to the beach in the early part of the afternoon, and the kids immediately ran out into the ocean. When they came in later, one at a time, I offered each of them a towel. All three promptly and soundly rejected my offer. You would have […]
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The Summer List for 2016
As is tradition, every summer I make a list of extra small ways to carpe diem, if you will, the summer season. This year, I thought I’d divide my list into four categories. The first two, Fun Favorites and Weird Favorites, are taken from past lists. The last two categories are my new ideas and […]
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Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, especially the ones that do things like let their daughters use past years’ Father’s Day presents for their own beach purposes. Note: Pail created by Baby-Girl and gifted to LCB for Father’s Day years ago Pail commandeered by Baby-Girl and used for catching fish and building […]