by Marcus on July 8, 2010
Last week, I took vacation. The real-est vacation I’ve taken in over a year. I didn’t check my email once during the trip. I didn’t get online except to check google maps and other vacation-y things.
I was at the Goodyear Family Reunion 2010. There were about 70 of us–all with the same grandparents (or great-grands, [...]
by Marcus on April 3, 2009
Image of Laity Lodge Family Camp at the H. E. Butt Foundation via Flickr
A few years ago, it was popular to talk about balancing work and family in a pretty weird way. People would say, “Quality time is more important than quantity time.”
Hogwash.
Don’t Worship Work or Family
Now, I love my work as much as anybody. [...]
by Marcus on December 15, 2008
For the fourth list of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Four Freebie Family Date Ideas
…and Children, Television, Recreation, Relatives, Food, Pets, Automobiles, Bugs, and Bibles
You see, Robert Hruzek is hosting a group writing project where people write about a mash-up of 18 fun topics. I added bugs and Bibles to his list just for good measure and polished up a poem for his group. He says it’s the first [...]