It’s the final day of the Winter break and tensions are getting high at 15 Surrey.
Today Rory proposed that he make a rubber band gun with daddy. “Woo Hoo,” thought Robert. Eureka! father son project! Some scrap wood, white glue and a clothes-pin! He can do that! Awesome.
Then Rory showed daddy what he wants . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq_EEQfUJWk
Let’s just say that ours is looking a little different. But, Rory is outside! Working! Alone!
It’s hot off the presses!
Once again our friends at The Jelly Donut in the Northgate Shopping Center have found time to put together a wall calendar that we can all be proud of! It’s a holiday tradition that makes Robert ecstatic to be here in Marin. Living here just makes life worth living! Especially in June!
The Pierce family is close to exhausting the list of all possible sports experiences. It’s children have surveyed almost everything. Gymnastics, basketball, rock climbing, skiing, swimming, soccer, baseball, surfing, the club sport triad of golf, tennis and yacht racing, and, recently, they’ve begun to explore the realm of combat sports . . .
The remainder of the list is getting short.
Only ones left are jousting and that Mayan ball-and-ring game. I’m sure some enterprising person in Marin is finding a way to charge $375 per child per month for that one.
Next, the big garage sale . . .
(Note, though, Rory scored two hits in that video. First bout! And he does not even have his precious little high-waisted fencing culottes yet!)
It’s looking like Christmas over on Surrey Lane!
Everyone likes this adaptation of The Magic Flute by the Norwegian National Opera. Pretty much a reworking of the entire thing. In Norwegian with English subtitles. Outer space theme. Papageno as Chewbaca. Get a taste below.
We get things in writing around here.
Robert enjoyed this podcast.
http://www.econtalk.org/ran-abramitzky-on-the-mystery-of-the-kibbutz/
Economist and author Ran Abramitzky of Stanford University talks about his book, The Mystery of the Kibbutz, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Abramitzky traces the evolution of the kibbutz movement in Israel and how the kibbutz structure changed to cope with the modernization and development of the Israeli economy. The conversation includes a discussion of how the history of the kibbutz might help us to understand the appeal and challenges of the socialism and freedom.
Robert used up his remaining marital capital this weekend participating in the J24 District races.
Suffice it to say that the deck of these things is no place for a 51 year-old. Makes for good sunset viewing, though. Note the group of boats way way, like way, ahead of the boat Robert was on.
