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Growing

by Caleb on May 10, 2011

Caroline's Indoor Garden

For the second year, my wife is participating in a community garden project right here in our neighborhood. One of her many talents. It’s really fun to see this project (ahem) sprout up in the middle of Chicago.

I commend her on this. Despite the obvious etymological roots of my last name, I am no green thumb. The one plant I attempted to nurture in 5th grade died. And that was a cactus.

But that doesn’t mean that I’m not interested in learning. I find the process fascinating, and I’m hoping to document it here as it goes along.

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Artist in Residence

February 9, 2011
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I’m not talented. I’m really not. I attempt to write cohesive thoughts down in a way that makes sense. I occasionally play and/or sing music. I dabble in design. I obsess over creating, but I’m really only OK at it. That’s why it’s really hard to live with Caroline sometimes.

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The First Snow

December 13, 2010
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…is for exploration.

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Rural Aesthetics in Urban Life

October 8, 2010
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One of the things I love about Chicago is the ability to have an abundant amount of experiences. Even though it’s a big city (and probably because it is), there are so many great microcosms of different cultures. This is especially important for us because of how we want to raise Miles.

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One Great Summer

September 6, 2010
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It’s Labor Day, and that means summer is officially ending. And what a great one it has been. Unlike last summer, when Miles was so young he was barely moving on his own, this summer has been filled with all kinds of activities. Family bike rides, trips to the beach, the pool, the playground – [...]

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Tales of a Quickly Fading Summer

August 9, 2010
Caroline and Miles

Obviously I haven’t been active here in a little while. The last month has been nothing if not insane, so I figured I would just give you some quick updates: I don’t know about you, but for me the summer is going faster than I could have anticipated – for many reasons. I’ve loved watching [...]

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Milwaukee is For Lovers (of Art)

June 1, 2010
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We were finally able to get away this Memorial Day weekend for a little excursion from Chicago. Since we have family in Wisconsin, we decided Miles would stay with them while Caroline and I had some time to ourselves (which we get little of these days). We decided on Milwaukee, since it was pretty close [...]

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A Father Who Gets Spontaneously Dirty

May 23, 2010
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Today for us was the official first day of summer. Not because it was 90 degrees in Chicago. Or because we grilled out. Or because we sipped mojitos on our patio at sunset. Today was the first day of summer because the three of us decided to make today our first family trip to the [...]

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