I’ve had these on a hard drive for ages, and they are a bunch of what I think of as great photos of the family and our honeymoon trip to Ireland. Enjoy
Category Archive: Family
Nov
19
Nov
06
Long Way Round, long time coming
In 2004 Hollywood actor and uber boy toy Ewan (pronounced you-an) MacGregor otherwise known to the general public as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and his fellow actor and best mate Charlie Boorman set upon riding around the world by Motorcycle. While I generally think motorized transport is for pansies, the idea of a cross continental journey on …
Apr
23
Youthbergs calving
My father called me yesterday. We chatted about his soccer games and the wonderful “kayak video”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpWeAmze-44 Wesley posted about. He asked me a strange question in a hesitating demeanor quite unlike him. It’s a familial trait, where if you have something to say, your mouth just opens and words tumble out without any forethought for …
Jan
25
U-505
I’ve wanted to see the U-505 for a few years now. I remember seeing the replica of the U-36 in Raiders of the Lost Ark and wondering how a tiny little ship with wooden decks would survive beneath the waves. The submarine service fascinates me. And like many men my greatest regret, or at least …
Dec
21
Tutankhamun’s Chair
The King Tut exhibit was a well attended event with an audio tour narrated by none other than Omar Sherif. I really enjoyed the exhibit, but felt the crowd pressing in on me. I found myself drawn to more than the glitter of gold while there. The furniture found in the tomb was really some …
Sep
30
Battle of the Brits
My dad and I went to the Battle of the Brits Bike Show. While I am clearly a moped guy in a motorcycle world. I like being able to see the world through his eyes. And british bikes, like british kayaks fascinate me. They are beautifully iconographic. The 1967 Green Triumph T100 If I had …
May
23
The ode to John Grady Cole
I used to think that every word out of my mouth was funny, wise, or whimsically beautiful. I used to feel impervious to criticism. Participating in writer’s groups and workshops will steel you for some pretty mean shit. But the idea that you have something worthwhile to say that other people would be interested in …
Apr
26
Blood of the Father
Last post got me to thinking about the defining moments in any young man’s life. I am blessed in my own way to know what that moment was in my father’s life, or at least what he has told me that moment was. And in sharing that moment with me, I have a better grasp …
Apr
25
The thinning of the blood
In the icelandic sagas, the characters have particular concern for the thinning of the blood from their fathers. Sons tried to measure up to fathers. And it was considered very grave if men failed the muster of their genealogy. Or if their fathers were particularly bad men, they did everything possible to break the bad …
Mar
09
This Woman
Often there is a question I want to ask. It lays half formed in my mouth like vapour for days. And the answer, I forget sometimes, is waiting for me without even having voiced the question. Laura is the question and the answer. Your Feet When I cannot look at your face I look at …
