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November 2015

November 11, 2015

Commendable in the Eyes of God, Country, and Family

Some Veterans Day reflections on my uncle that I published for the first time last...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

This Week’s Suggestion — “Lilo & Stitch” — And A Quick OOTO Announcement

Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw! I'll be stepping away from the blog for...

October 09, 2015

SVS: “Avatar: The Last Airbender”

I wasn't quite sure what I was going to recommend today. (The weeks feel like...

September 2015

September 17, 2015

Kids. They Teach You The Darndest Things.

A few evenings ago, while walkin' about town with the Susanka Pack, I casually mentioned...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

No Commentary Necessary — “Sulphur Hexafluoride”

I'm putting the chances Cormac will rush off to find himself a big ol' canister of sulphur...

July 23, 2015

Djembe Therapy. It’s Good For What Ails You. I Promise.

I've been saving this one for a while, but I decided to bust it out...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

SVS: “Finding Nemo”

I have to get out of here! I have to find MY SON! I have...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

SVS: “Ernest & Celestine”

I'm too busy chasing after my kids (and watching 'em sunburn) to compose a proper...

May 14, 2015

No One Sees the World Quite Like a 6-Year-Old

A few days ago, I came home from work and found this odd/inexplicable assortment of...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Experiencing Pop-Culture Through A Four-Year-Old Filter

A few months back, I recounted a hilarious and/or horrifying episode involving David (The Fourth Son), James (The Fifth Son),...

April 21, 2015

James, Our Own Little Man of Mystery

James, The Fifth Son, is a bit of a riddle to me. A riddle, wrapped in...

March 2015

March 22, 2015

Seeing the Familiar in a New Light: Denise Bossert’s “Gifts of the Visitation”

Devotion to the Blessed Virgin has never come to me naturally. I knew the reasons...

March 10, 2015

Half Disco, Half Exercise (Totally!)

Here's a quote I heard breathlessly shouted by David (The Fourth Son) this past weekend, as...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Fat Tuesday Antics from the Susanka Seven

The boys are gearing up for Lent with their usual enthusiasm. The Furious Five Eldest spent...

February 12, 2015

My Dinner with David

The following is a nearly verbatim account of the (mostly one-sided) conversation between David --...

February 06, 2015

6 Weird Tricks to Spending More Time with Your Toddlers (#3 is CRAZY!)

In the throes of motherhood, it can be easy to feel that we're not spending...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

I Have No Idea What’s Going On In This Picture. But I’m All For It!

This is James. James the Fifth. And he's looked pretty much like this -- off-and-on,...

January 22, 2015

A Day of Lamentation and Bitter Weeping

Every Life is a Gift. #marchforlife — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 22, 2015 In all...

January 09, 2015

GUEST POST: Being Charlie Hebdo

Taking a moment from my website restructure to share a friend’s thoughts on the recent tragedy in...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

Seeing with the Eyes of Children, Courtesy of Star Wars VII

Somewhere down in the depths of my soul, there's a still, small voice telling me...

November 2014

November 12, 2014

“Jumpin’ Jacks. Hit ’em!!!”

For the past few weeks, the boys -- the ones that are awake, that is -- and...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

Gender Specificity and the Wonders of Brotherhood

In the first 14+ years of the Susanka Horde's adventurous existence, we have had little-to-no...

September 16, 2014

A Scarry Podcast Experience; Richard, That Is

A few weeks ago, I was listening to a podcast -- the particular podcast in question...

September 09, 2014

What Life in Small-Town America Looks Like to Me

My wife and I are still in the "giddy with excitement" stage. ...a stage which is pretty...

September 04, 2014

Putting a Dramatic End to the Susanka Streak

From my wife, shortly after 8:30PM last night: For unto us a child is born;...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

10 Things That Tell You There’s An Architect In The House

A long-time friend (and classically-trained architect) spent a few days with us this past week, adding...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Raising Meatatarians (Mostly)

During our most-recent vacation/cross-country trek/annual ordeal, I stumbled across an interesting (if hilariously unanticipated) side-effect...

July 14, 2014

SSF: “Mickey’s Trailer”

Having just completed our mostly-annual family "vacation" with roughly the same number of boys we...

July 03, 2014

Pondering October’s Synod: “Where Have the Men Gone?”

"Where have the actors gone? The play has ended; the curtains drawn. There's no applauding...

July 02, 2014

Gone Weddin’

Taking a week or two to head to Washington to witness. I shall return anon....

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