Category Archives: the Dad

10/20/2025 – Monday Discussions with Viola

Dad and Viola have taken to having discussions every Monday over coffee. Not Sunday, not Tuesday, they must, for some reason, always be on a Monday, early Monday. Mom comes downstairs at O’dark-thirty in the morning and there they are, … Continue reading

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10/10/2025 – Friday Fun

Dad’s new bed mattress finally arrived and he spent the week setting it up. It took exactly 3 minutes for Quint and Tessa to lay claim to it, after a rowdy sheet game first. They look exhausted now, don’t they? … Continue reading

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09/15/2025 – Monday Mayhem

Usually overconfident Tessa is a little unsure of the morning’s developments. Dad’s new mattress was to be delivered today and that meant temporary displacement of the fleecy Tunnel of Relaxation. Plus, we’d expected a lot of plastic wrap crinkly sounds … Continue reading

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