any which way the wind blows

Is just always so damn sad when summer starts leaning toward that far end. Winter is just so LONG and cold and constrictive that anything else makes it feel like we can simply BREATHE and live another day. Spring is beautiful and refreshing and promises so many things. Fall cools us down; slows us down…we sit down and sip slowly as we try to take in and truly remember these final moments during which we were happy.

Summer, though…with it’s bikinis and sun and water and fun; beaches and blankets and campfires and fireworks. Parades and parties and backyard high-fives….Summer makes us young again. Even if all we do is stare out the window at someone clearly making better use of this beautiful day, at least there’s LIFE to be witnessed. YOUNG life; vibrant and moving very fast…..toward that inevitable end on that far side, wherever the wind takes us.

I’m gonna miss days like this…

any which way the wind blows, originally uploaded by Ryanwiz.

let me count the ways…

For over 11 and a half years we’ve been together, with almost 7 of those as husband and wife. Next Monday, the 20th, will mark another anniversary…and words nor photos can sufficiently describe the adoration and love I have for this woman. She is the most beautiful, loving, caring, smart, and sexy person I have ever or will ever meet. She is the best mother and mate anyone could ever hope for and I get to sleep next to her every night. I am luckiest man in the world.

1. For the love she shares with me.
2. For the innumerable ways she cares for our son and unborn child.
3. For the way she cooks and cleans for us with a smile on her face.
4. For the kisses I receive on my way out the door and the one I look forward to upon my return.
5. For all the unmentionables…
6. For the beautiful years she has so graciously shared with me.
7. For all the years to come…

I love you now, more than ever, Elizabeth.
Happy anniversary a bit early.
~ryan

Where is Season 2!!??

Those folks at Hulu have got to get their shit together. I’m dyin over here.

15 weeks and 19 months

Four is a nice even number. The thought of pairing off for a quick match of table tennis; or perhaps grabbing one kid a piece, throwing them under your arm, and making that dash to your gate; these seem so much easier to grasp when it’s the neat and clean number four.

One of us is 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces. Another can now climb onto the bar stools, loves wagon rides and plays the harmonica. Two of us are tired most of the time and couldn’t care less. What’s worth doing but that which comes coupled with sacrifice and fear…and shock and awe?

Four of us, four for all; together some time, around Christmastime.
~ryan

it’s time to wake up now

1. Cello Song – The Books (Featuring Jose Gonzalez)
2. I Think I Need a New Heart – The Magnetic Fields
3. Smoke Detector – Rilo Kiley
4. Melody Day – Caribou
5. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
6. My Girls – Animal Collective
7. Over And Over – Hot Chip
8. Riot Radio – The Dead 60s
9. Earthquake Weather – Beck
10. Biggest Loves – The Quiet Ones
11. All The Things That Go to Make Heaven And Earth – The New Pornographers
12. Golden Age – TV on the Radio
13. Campus - Vampire Weekend
14. The Rat – The Walkmen
15. Train Song – Feist + Ben Gibbard
16. Girls & Uniforms – The Quiet Ones
17. Soon - My Bloody Valentine