Argentina Part 1: Lincoln

Argentina Part 1: Lincoln

I was a fairly typical suburban New Jersey high school kid just starting my sophomore year when the idea of moving to Argentina was first brought up. My father had been offered a transfer from Exxon and I was being given the option of vetoing it as I was midway through my mediocre high school … Continue reading →

My Wap

My Wap

We have a very nice living room. It was, in fact, the room that pretty much sold us buying this little house up on the hill. It has a beamed ceiling that is over eleven feet tall, a beautiful fireplace with a grand mantle, hardwood floors laid out in a concentric pattern, and an enormous … Continue reading →

2000 Words For The Holidays

2000 Words For The Holidays

It’s a deceiving headline, perhaps, given my propensity for writing posts of about that length.  Today, though, I’m letting the old adage do most of the work.  We took the kids to get their annual Christmas portrait taken yesterday.  Among other things, it is part of Maggie’s “dress season.”  She gets one a year and wears … Continue reading →

The Name Game

The Name Game

I was originally going to publish this about a week ago on Election Day. It wasn’t easy to find a way to tie that into a (long dormant) blog primarily about kids. I was going to call it “Selection Day” but the play on words was so weak that I couldn’t bear it. With the … Continue reading →

The Return of The Four Father

The Return of The Four Father

It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? I have been crazy busy at work, that’s true.  This was a project started while unemployed, so there was really little surprise that production would slow once back to work.  But still, it’s been over a month.  That’s just not acceptable, election and storm coverage or not. And then there … Continue reading →

My New Car

My New Car

When last we were together in this space, I was waxing poetic about a nearly 12-year-old dirt colored Volvo. It was the final piece in an automotive genealogy of my driving life. A few of those in the know felt as though the story had one notable omission. It did and it was intentional. There was … Continue reading →

My Old Car

My Old Car

I’m a car guy. I don’t recall quite when happened but at some point in my youth I became interested in all things cars. As a very little kid, I had a deep and abiding love of Matchbox cars. In fact, I can tell you the very first purchase I ever made was somewhere around … Continue reading →

The Oogieloves and the Power of (Dad)

The Oogieloves and the Power of (Dad)

A couple weeks ago I received an invite that I very nearly glossed over. It was sent directly to this blog’s e-mail address (thefourfather@gmail.com) which is primarily home to entreaties to share in a fortune currently housed in Nigeria or to buy any variety of pills which promise to enhance or improve certain parts of … Continue reading →

Give Me A Break

Give Me A Break

I recently spent almost a week at home alone. Just hours after returning to our house from a full family trip to North Carolina, Amy packed up all four kids and took off for another family trip, sans me, in Maine. My new job does not allow for nearly as much vacation as the old … Continue reading →