Semiserious Chefs

A neighbor felled a bunch of trees at the end of our street. The goal was to keep people from walking through his property, but for the boys in the neighborhood it had a completely unavoidable magnet draw. It was the perfect place for building forts! Partial as practice but mostly just a way to […]

We recently finished the Firefighting Unit on Tools in our homeschooling and got a personal invitation for Nathan to visit Anchorage Fire Department’s Station 12 from an employee at C&T Fire; the place we went to learn more about fire extinguishers. Station 12 happens to be the location for all of the small tool repair […]

After Mr. Nathan was issued the rest of his gear he quickly got to work training and learning. There are a lot of parts to becoming a firefighter/EMT and Fireman Duley as been working very hard. He has gotten better at donning and doffing his gear quickly, and how to use webbing to rescue a […]

While on vacation to Nice, CA we took the opportunity to stop in at a few fire stations for Mr. Nathan to look around. Firemen Derek and Randy were very kind to spend a lot of time with us at North Shore FPD’s Station 85. He checked out several different vehicles and even got to […]

Mr. Nathan found a pasta he really wanted when we visited the charcuterie in Napa, and I was able to find the same kind (mezzi rigatoni) at our local grocery store for his Christmas stalking. He was very excited to make a cream sauce for his pasta so I asked him what kind of cheese […]

While on vacation to Nice, we visited other towns around Clear Lake, and stopped into Lakeport’s Firestation 50. Fireman Lund was very kind to show Mr. Nathan all around. He opened all kinds of compartments, asked a ton of questions, and got into every vehicle. One particularly special thing about this fire station is their […]

Nathan has been working very hard to bring his Donning time down from 4 and half minutes to just 1 minute 20. He wanted to share it on Nathan’s Corner, along with a few other short videos and photos. So enjoy!

Mr. Nathan invited Papa Ricky for a special play date, since they don’t see each other more than a handful of times each year, and he wanted to ‘play firemen.’ Rick surprised him with some special skills from his years working on the North Slope. It was both fun and very good learning experience for […]

This is a short video sharing the design Nathan worked on for a combination fire truck and ambulance vehicle. I’d love to make it as a play piece in our side yard, but it might be more of a project than I can take-on in our space and weather. It’s only 10 degrees F right […]

Since Nathan wants to be a fireman when he grows up I’ve been connecting with a couple of fireman on Face Book that also have CF. One of them, Rick Stevens in Texas, was more than gracious in sending Nathan a VERY special box. Watch the video below for the heart warming story: