Holy Cow, Backman!

And now the adventure we’ve all been waiting for. I tweaked my back playing soccer last night, and I’m sorry to say that my current regimen of Advil and Ben Gay is unlikely to work the kind of magic I need. This feels Flexeril-level serious, meaning my...

Reach the Beach 2004

Pacific City, Oregon First, congratulations to Dennis, Maria, Mike, and anyone else who completed the 55-miles of the Reach the Beach bike ride. Having taken this year off after riding it the last two years, I can say with some authority that I think you’re all...

Reach the Beach 2004

We drove to Pacific City on Friday to join everybody (Joe & Carole, Robyn, Susan, Linda, Dave & Eileen) at a beach house. I am happy to report that I had a very good time and was widely admired. I would do this all again very happily! I played in the sand and...

I said Mama

I spoke my first intentional word today (at least as far as Mom and Dad can tell) when I called for “Mama” and very clearly expressed my desire to be held by the same. My parents weren’t initially inclined to transfer me from Dad’s arms to...

I’ve been busy

I’ve been busy doing all kinds of new and interesting things so I’ve not had a lot of time to update my weblog. Sorry about that. Just the other day I was over at Grandma and Grandpa’s walking around their back yard, throwing a ball with them (I...