The Heinleins have a new passion

My wife and I have a new passion.

It involves physical exertion, lots of teamwork, and kneepads. Sometimes it gets loud.

We're mixing our own concrete and pouring a patio, one 32-inch square at a time. We finished two squares last week and only have 37 more to go.

Because it's hunting season and I made a prior commitment to my dogs, we only get passionate in the afternoons. Once I return from the morning hunt, however, Barb and I get frisky.

She tells me what to do. I tell her that doesn't sound right. We discuss it for a bit. I storm off and then we do it her way.

Barb's father was a masonry...