What an interesting bunch of folks, I wish more of you lived closer to me. While my wife was pregnant I worked on reducing my hobbies, so that I could spend more time with my son. I picked music (guitar) and reading as things I could do either alone or with him. He's 13 and we still play music together sometimes, and still read the occasional book out loud to each other. The key thing I try to include is that it should be music or books that are new to both of us, or already loved by both of us, so there is a shared sense of exploration or appreciation.
Later we started biking as an activity we could do together as a family, and I still ride with my son a lot. But we also spend time walking by the river, skipping stones, talking about stuff, birding, etc. These are all good times, year round. Over time my son and I have also had a great time exploring and experimenting with the simple machines (lever, inclined plane, pulley, etc). Outside of family time, I run a fencing school where I research and teach historical swordplay, and also translate renaissance era fencing texts to English. This is my main outlet for spending time with other adults. Finally, my woodworking hobby has been on hiatus for a long time, but I'm starting to get into that again. Designing stuff and making it is pretty rewarding. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5b81e901-6165-47c5-9e5d-250484e0b666%40googlegroups.com.
