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Christmas Card - 2021
This year has been a wild ride. We went from a family of three to a family of four. We left El Salvador, spent the summer in the States,...
Dec 24, 20211 min read
Christmas Card - 2020
Let's end this difficult year on a high note, shall we? The Big Man has a little announcement: Merry Christmas, everyone. Love, Mutt, Ray...
Dec 26, 20201 min read
Happy Halloween
His favorite book currently is, The Cat In the Hat. So, so, so.... -.-
Oct 26, 20201 min read
Love In the Time of COVID
NB: I was itching to use "epidemiology" in this year's anniversary poem for Ray Ray. Therefore, a sonnet. What were our vows if not a...
Aug 2, 20201 min read
Rollercoaster
Two years on this roller coaster. He must be, can't be, tall enough to ride this ride. So he operates it. Taunting us daily. The slow...
Jul 8, 20201 min read
Christmas Card - 2019
Moving in a slightly different direction this year, we sent our cards electronically. Here's what it looked like: Merry Christmas,...
Dec 25, 20191 min read
Picture This: Our First Family Portraits
Family portraits on the beach sounds like a great idea, until you open the car door and your toddler cares more about playing in the water.
Dec 17, 20194 min read
Bend Over and I'll Show Ya'
In college, my roommates and I held an annual Christmas centered on the movie, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. What started as a...
Dec 7, 20192 min read
To My Wife, On Our Fifth Anniversary
You make each day august, inspiring reverence for little things that comprise the vivid tapestry of our life together. For there is...
Aug 2, 20191 min read
Reunion
A few days ago, we returned from a trip to Italy where Ray Ray and I celebrated our ten year class reunion with the friends we made in...
May 18, 20196 min read
Christmas Card - 2018
Merry Christmas, everyone. Love, Mutt, Ray Ray, and the Big Man -.- #ChristmasCard
Dec 25, 20181 min read
Last One Out Get The Lights
Five days ago we woke up in a cramped hotel room around the corner from the now-empty apartment that had been our home for the last...
Oct 30, 20186 min read
To My Wife, On Our Fourth Anniversary
Four years ago we started our day Just you and me Today we fumble Finding a new groove Because we three Are a family, growing Like a tree...
Aug 2, 20181 min read
She's Eating for Two...
and I'm drinking for three. Baby Konold, coming atcha this summer! -.-
May 3, 20181 min read
Christmas Card - 2017
If looking at a brightly lit tree, make sure you have the proper eye wear! Merry Christmas, everyone. Love, Mutt & Ray Ray -.-...
Dec 25, 20171 min read
To My Wife, On Our Third Anniversary
Your future is behind you, sir full of joy, laughter, adventures and seemingly bottomless glasses of wine. And coffee the morning after...
Aug 2, 20171 min read
Date Night: NPR's Annual Jazz Piano Christmas, 2016
Another Christmas, another opportunity to take in some holiday music. As is becoming our custom, at least for as long as we are in DC, we...
Dec 17, 20161 min read
Hamilton
As part of Ray Ray’s 30th birthday gift I bought us tickets to see Hamilton. As you’d imagine, it cost me a small fortune. And as you...
Mar 28, 20162 min read
Date Night: NPR's Annual Jazz Piano Christmas, 2015
For the second year in a row, we took part in a Washington, DC Christmas tradition: the NPR Jazz Piano Christmas at the Kennedy Center...
Dec 12, 20151 min read
Careful What You Ask For
I've said often, "I want to be roasted some day." You know, the classic Dean Martin-style roasts where everyone is dressed up, poking fun...
Apr 4, 20152 min read
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