Author Archives: thecaneymountainblog

Son #1 has learned Spanish, according to him. Recently, he wanted to sing Silent Night, so I grabbed my guitar, and he grabbed his blue plastic four-string guitar, and we sang Silent Night in the ever-popular key of R. We had gotten through the chorus twice when Son #1 announced his desire to sing theContinue reading “The Singer”

We try to point out beautiful things in nature to our boys. We’ll talk to them about the tomatoes, the flowers, the birds, the bumble bees, and the sunsets. This evening, we dropped Momma and Son #3 off at the church’s Lady’s Meeting, then we went to the store and bought a few birthday presentsContinue reading “The Moments”

Son #2 likes to eat. He’ll eat just about anything, and yes, I’ve put him to the test. I like kimchi. Correction: I love kimchi. It’s some of my favorite food, and I can eat it all the time, with every meal. That said, my wife hates it. So you know what that means. IContinue reading “The Eater”

I got a haircut a few days ago. Today we went to the lake. I don’t recommend going to the lake with a fresh haircut. The skin which never sees the light of day will be burning bright for the world to see. I feel like a walking, talking candlestick. Of course, I didn’t realizeContinue reading “The Breaking”