The big man decided this year he wanted a Minecraft LAN party. 10 crazy people jammed together in the living room, armed with Wi-Fi, laptops,…
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Published September 14, 2014
Author: Kris Freedain
Published September 10, 2014
Happy 11th birthday to Ian
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Published September 4, 2014
His first day of middle school
We just got back from taking Ian to his first day of middle school. (6th grade) Somewhat hard to believe he’s growing up so fast.
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Published June 25, 2014
He’s done with elementary school
Yesterday, Ian had his graduation ceremony for elementary school. It’s somewhat hard to believe the years have gone by this quickly. It feels like we…
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Published June 22, 2014
Celebrating Alex’s graduation from high school
At Angelo n Vinci’s restaurant, of course. A family tradition
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Published June 20, 2014
It Is Making a Difference
Today a coworker asked me if I meditated, saying ‘you’re just so calm all the time. I need that.’ I let her know that yes,…
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Published June 16, 2014
A fun Father’s Day
Had a great Father’s Day with Dawn and Ian yesterday. I slept in a little, woke up and watched some World Cup, then we went…
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Published June 13, 2014
His last choir performance of elementary school
Yesterday, Dawn and I got to watch his last choir performance of elementary school. I can’t believe how fast that went. https://instagram.com/p/pKqTIdIObY/embed/ Ian is growing…
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Published April 16, 2014
Grandma’s Coffee Pot
Your version of minimalism does not have to lack sentimental items Coffee is the way I wake up in the morning. It provides that little…
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Published April 3, 2014
Had a great day
Had a great day for my 40th. Took the day off, got in a deadlift training session, rested, went and played some handball & four…
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Published April 2, 2014
The Mall
We ventured over to the mall last evening. There was a point when I enjoyed going, looking at all the new items each of my…
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Published April 2, 2014
A Few More Bags Gone
Took a trip to the donation center yesterday, made it just in time as they were closing up for the evening. We had four large…
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Published April 2, 2014
A Clean Desk
Things were fairly slow at work this week. Most had left early for their Thanksgiving breaks, so I had few new emails and action items…
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Published April 2, 2014
What If’s
What if I need it after I throw it out? What if I find the match? What if someone I know needs it? What if…
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Published April 2, 2014
Start
For quite some time now, I have been getting more and more interested in minimalism. Do a quick search on the web, or any of…
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Published April 1, 2014
Familiarity
Getting rid of things is a task many of us striving for a new minimal way of life; removing, donating, purging. As a recovering pack-rat…
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Published March 4, 2014
Nurturing The Seeds of Compassion
As a parent, you do your best to teach your child right and wrong, to make the right decisions, and of course, how to treat…
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Published February 26, 2014
Finding Truth
Tree at La Purisima Mission If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? — Dogen Before…
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Published February 2, 2014
living without: Facebook
As I wrote last in January, I had given up French Fries for 30 days. I am happy to say, it worked. I didn’t have…
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Published January 15, 2014
Planting Seeds for His Future
http://hacks.mit.edu/ “It will look good on my resume” One day last year, our son brought home an application to run for student council. This was a…
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