I shaved off my beard today, leaving only a goatee, and now I don’t recognise myself, and the children are disappointed because they want me to have a big bushy beard because that’s funny. I[…]

Today the girls got to do their first paid work, cleaning my bike. It’s not actually that dirty, having only been on the roads, but there was a lot of grey black smudges from rainwater[…]

We borrowed a friend’s car today and drove up to Deception Pass. This is one of the State Parks that isn’t closed for social distancing purposes at the moment; it’s 90 minutes north of Seattle,[…]

We all slept in late today, and when I’d finally got up and fed the kids,it was time to present them with their new Lego. There were two box sets, both themed around the second[…]

Having now done more than 400 miles on my electric bike, I’m more than ever convinced how glorious it is. I can put children on the back of it,I can commute to work without exhausting[…]

Today went better, as expected. I took the kids out riding and got them some sunshine, I managed to get most of my work done,and I even realised I could get a friend to vet[…]

I failed to give the kids more exercise than a ride around the block at lunch time, because of work calls, and so all afternoon they ricocheted around the house,screeching and thumping and driving my[…]

The heat stopped today,a blessed relief but also a shock to the system as the house was chilly,even before the rains came. I was pleased it rained because it’s good for the plants in the[…]

It was hot today, around 27°, and so after the girls had presented my wife with Mother’s Day gifts, I hustled them out of the house as fast as I could and onto the bikes,to[…]

La Serpiente and I went out to buy her a new bicycle today, only to discover that you need to make an appointment several days in advance to do so. She wasn’t too disappointed as[…]