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Christmas Card - 2021
  • Dec 24, 2021
  • 1 min

Christmas Card - 2021

This year has been a wild ride. We went from a family of three to a family of four. We left El Salvador, spent the summer in the States,...
Mixtape: Stay Thirsty
  • Mar 25, 2021
  • 3 min

Mixtape: Stay Thirsty

When I compiled the 2020 Christmas mixtape, I did so with an eye toward highlighting the year’s biggest stories, namely the pandemic and...
Mixtape: Quaranteam
  • Dec 27, 2020
  • 5 min

Mixtape: Quaranteam

As a good friend recently stated in her family Christmas card: 2020, y’all. None of us saw this pivotal year playing out the way it did....
Christmas Card - 2020
  • Dec 26, 2020
  • 1 min

Christmas Card - 2020

Let's end this difficult year on a high note, shall we? The Big Man has a little announcement: Merry Christmas, everyone. Love, Mutt, Ray...
Happy Halloween
  • Oct 26, 2020
  • 1 min

Happy Halloween

His favorite book currently is, The Cat In the Hat. So, so, so.... -.-
Love In the Time of COVID
  • Aug 2, 2020
  • 1 min

Love In the Time of COVID

NB: I was itching to use "epidemiology" in this year's anniversary poem for Ray Ray. Therefore, a sonnet. What were our vows if not a...
Rollercoaster
  • Jul 8, 2020
  • 1 min

Rollercoaster

Two years on this roller coaster. He must be, can't be, tall enough to ride this ride. So he operates it. Taunting us daily. The slow...
Mixtape: Don't!
  • Mar 27, 2020
  • 3 min

Mixtape: Don't!

Another birthday, another mixtape.
Guestbook: Uncle Jim & Uncle Tim
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • 2 min

Guestbook: Uncle Jim & Uncle Tim

After much planning, Uncles Jim and Tim finally made it here to see El Salvador and meet Luca. Unfortunately, we left DC so soon after...
Guestbook: Memé & Papa
  • Jan 10, 2020
  • 3 min

Guestbook: Memé & Papa

All the grandparents wanted for this holiday season was to see the Boss.
Mixtape: Awesome Mix Vol. 17
  • Dec 26, 2019
  • 3 min

Mixtape: Awesome Mix Vol. 17

The pop-culture savvy among you might recognize this December’s nod to the Marvel Universe’s Guardians of the Galaxy. RayRay and I took...
Christmas Card - 2019
  • Dec 25, 2019
  • 1 min

Christmas Card - 2019

Moving in a slightly different direction this year, we sent our cards electronically. Here's what it looked like: Merry Christmas,...
Picture This: Our First Family Portraits
  • Dec 17, 2019
  • 4 min

Picture This: Our First Family Portraits

Family portraits on the beach sounds like a great idea, until you open the car door and your toddler cares more about playing in the water.
Bend Over and I'll Show Ya'
  • Dec 7, 2019
  • 2 min

Bend Over and I'll Show Ya'

In college, my roommates and I held an annual Christmas centered on the movie, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. What started as a...
Guestbook: Nonna
  • Dec 5, 2019
  • 3 min

Guestbook: Nonna

For the second time this year, we enjoyed an extended stay from Nonna, a.k.a. Ray Ray’s mom. Recall that she – along with her best...
Dream of the Turtles
  • Oct 12, 2019
  • 2 min

Dream of the Turtles

The Pacific coast of Central America has long been a breeding ground, literally, for sea turtles. Temperatures, currents, and seclusion...
To My Wife, On Our Fifth Anniversary
  • Aug 2, 2019
  • 1 min

To My Wife, On Our Fifth Anniversary

You make each day august, inspiring reverence for little things that comprise the vivid tapestry of our life together. For there is...
Reunion
  • May 18, 2019
  • 6 min

Reunion

A few days ago, we returned from a trip to Italy where Ray Ray and I celebrated our ten year class reunion with the friends we made in...
Las Alfombras
  • Apr 19, 2019
  • 2 min

Las Alfombras

Good Friday brings with it the decorative "alfombras," or rugs, as part of the annual Via Cruces.
Mixtape: Sweet 16
  • Mar 25, 2019
  • 3 min

Mixtape: Sweet 16

For the sixteenth time, I’ve arranged a few tunes for RayRay’s birthday. Hard to believe I’ve done this sixteen times – and hard to...
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