1. Setting the Table

    Posted in: Videos on Saturday, April 7th, 2012

    how to set a formal table

    Setting a proper formal table. People were paying good money for these lessons in NYC when I did this story in the early 90′s. I just didn’t think the information would be of any practical use for the average family with young kids. But to test my concerns I tried to share my newly learned skills with my children, Erica and Taylor.

    Using my kids as props in a short satire piece is probably just another in a long list of parenting choices that has weakened their commitment to following rules and regulations, and eroded their willingness to submit whole heartedly to the voices of authority.  Oh well, on the positive side their childhood experiences should provide more than enough material if they want to write one of those “Daddy Dearest” books. It will be story of all the things our dad made us do that kept us from having a normal childhood, like when he made us go on trips where we had to sleep on the ground and carry our own toilet paper, and then tried to tell us it was a vacation.

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  2. Happy Easter!

    Posted in: Photography on Sunday, April 24th, 2011

    The Easter Bunny hides treats for good little boys & girls

    Mr. and Ms. Easter Bunny were busy little rabbits today putting out baskets of treats for the kids and hiding eggs.  Well scratch the eggs.  The kids now over twenty-one are no longer interested in coloring eggs and they’re even less interested in searching the yard to find hidden candy treasures and colored hard boiled eggs.   So this year Mr. and Ms. Bunny tried a new approach to spark Easter excitement.

    liquid offering for Buddah

    bush beer?

    We hid a case of beer in the yard, twenty-four bottles placed  in bushes, behind rocks, in trees, next to lawn ornaments.  Erica is in NYC so Taylor was left to find the bottles on his own.  He proved up to the task and gone was his recent reluctance to participate in our Easter festivites.

    Taylor searching for his Easter treats

    Ms. Easter Bunny was thrilled to have the family eagerly participating in the holiday fun once again.  She understands it’s all about knowing your audience.  Find out what they like, what motivates them and then deliver the goods.

    Ms. Easter Bunny is all ears

    HOPE YOU ALSO HAD A FUN EASTER CELEBRATION!

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