Will and Henry talk to Dad about the official end of school, Maisy’s reaction to the Roomba, Dad seeing another snake during a hike, and the backyard pandemic pool.  In the News, we talk about the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, robot food and grocery delivery, and a family who found almost a million dollars in two mail bags on the… Read more →

Will talks to Dad about the end of school, Will’s distraction-filled home AP exam, our pandemic-friendly above-ground pool, the snake we saw on our hike, our waffle-eating tradition, and Will’s instrument practice and music composition.   In the News, we discuss a priest who is squirting holy water with a water pistol, men who robbed a store with watermelons on their… Read more →

Henry and Mom talk to Dad about reaching episode number 200, (with will) finally acknowledge what just happened, when Mom and Phoebe broke into song, how Will and Henry’s voices have changed since the podcast began, Phoebe and her missionary companion’s funny song about Moses and the Pharaoh, Dad getting mentioned in the Washington Post for bartering sourdough starter, bringing bread to… Read more →

Will and Henry talk to Dad about being at almost 200 episodes, acknowledging what happened, the boredom of the pandemic, feeling down, worse disasters that could happen, light switches, Elizabeth’s relaxing bedroom, Wil learning to play a left-handed guitar, the family’s failed Cinco de Mayo adventure, Will’s fan art getting featured on a YouTube show he likes, and new Foxymorons… Read more →

Elizabeth and Elizabeth’s friend Beks talk to Dad about the podcast’s tiny soundboard, William’s new left-handed guitar, pandemic barter exchanges, sourdough again, pandemic gardening, rosemary, avoiding video calls, Elizabeth and Beks’ cat, Sasha’s, interruption of conference calls, the challenge of walking the neighborhood, wild berries, Beks’ first encounter with a pine cone in the wild, Maisy’s anxiety, Sasha’s unexpected pop-ups. … Read more →

Henry and Allison (Mom) talk to Dad about the pandemic, schools being closed through the end of the school year, Mom cutting the boys’ hair, the Flowbee, socks during the pandemic, yoga balls, setting back the toilet paper doomsday clock, Maisy’s strange uneasiness about taking walks, Henry’s first loaf of sourdough, Elizabeth’s baby bird, social distancing, sidewalk chalk, and Animal… Read more →

Will and Elizabeth talk to Dad about Elizabeth being our only family visitor, about sheltering in place and how it makes us grateful we like our family, not being able to make small talk with neighbors, Elizabeth’s creepy horror teeth, kayfabe, alternate reality game, Dad’s sourdough bread, floatees in your eyeballs, shopping looking like bandits, Maisy’s weird and unsettling howl… Read more →

Henry talks to Dad about how long the lockdown might go on, the way the pandemic has changed the way we watch TV and movies, not having to be places, how we’ll know when the pandemic is over, what we’ll tell our kids and grandkids about the pandemic, ten things we actually like about the lockdown, a Maisy update, the… Read more →

Will talks to Dad about the end of the family’s self-quarantine, going grocery shopping, the toilet paper shortage, the doomsday clock, Mom’s April Fool’s joke, the way Dad paces when he talks on the phone, all the bread we’re baking, all the kinds of rice in the pantry, the different kinds of flour and yeast, and things to watch if… Read more →

Elizabeth and Henry talk to Dad about self-quarantine, inertia, online school, the boring and frightening pandemic, learning to play guitar, musicians doing performances online, Dad’s extremely busy time, cooking, taking walks, getting groceries delivered, the tiniest pack of toilet paper, attitudes of people toward the pandemic, Animal Crossing, and Elizabeth’s neighbor group chat.  In the News, there are stories about… Read more →