The Peripatetic Engineer

My wife and I are getting ready for an extended trip to Paris and Lyon this month. We watched Dorian closely and at one point I had a Plan B...

My 82 year old mother in law's air conditioning went out so she moved in with us to keep cool until repairs were made. Then along comes ...

My wife came up with this as we wanted to bring a snack dish to the Mother's Day crawfish boil. It makes about 100 poppers. Cut about ...

This is a PSA about PSA. I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. It was a matter of luck that the medicos found it. I realized last...

You may have heard about the lip-sync challenge that's going around. The Gretna Police Department got my son, who has an advertising age...

My nephew has written and directed a short film about the guy that returns your emails to you. It was filmed at his dad's house. They bu...

Heading across the pond today to visit oldest grandson who is doing a semester abroad. The school is closing the dorm over Easter so we will...

The oldest grandson is doing a semester in Europe in Bologna, Italy. They celebrate Mardi Gras a little differently over there. Here is a vi...

With our extended family getting so large, we have had to develop systems to spread Christmas visits. For example, we have the 3 grandsons o...

Youngest grandson is entering 8th grade. He is joining NJROTC. They have a rifle team and he went yesterday for his first practice shoot. (T...

On this day in 1917 Finland declared independence from Russia. My grandparents emigrated from Finland in 1903 so they never lived in an inde...

I'm being a good boy and flossing my teeth on Sunday when the crown on my left incisor pops off. (That's the number 10 tooth) There ...

I was forced into retirement in August when I was laid off. It was no surprise. Oil companies were cutting budgets and cancelling projects. ...

A house that my wife and I rent out became empty and we've filling our spare time with repairs and upgrades to the property. One thing w...

Last Sunday the family held a party to celebrate my mother in law's 90th birthday. The usual drill is that everyone brings a dish as we ...

Posting has been light because I've been on a family vacation. My wife and I took the three grandsons to the White Mountains in NH, Queb...

The family tradition is to have a crawfish boil on Mother's Day. When you have a family as large as my wife's, that's the only w...

We spent Thanksgiving in Paris this year. For me, it was a normal work day and since turkeys are difficult to find in France we took an even...

I have added another website to the right hand side. It's called "The Pen Enthusiast". It's all about fountain pens, the i...

On my bookcase there is picture of a young soldier. It was probably his basic training graduation picture. The last in a string of 4 childre...