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Basel Through Other Eyes
In case you'd like a professional writer's view of Basel, this article was in Pittsburgh's Post-Gazette this morning....
sursumcorda, 29 April 2007 |
Europe 2007: April 4
Today Janet was feeling the pressure of work to be done, and she decided we knew enough to be let out on our own for a while. ...
Our Little Slice of Europe
Perhaps Porter was missing Europe and our museum-overload, I don't know. But the Morse Museum is free on Friday evenings this...
Europe 2007: April 3
Janet's version is here . Today we made the most of both our tram passes and our Basel Cards, the latter providing us free...
Europe 2007: April 2
We slept late this morning but otherwise showed more effects from all our walking yesterday than from jet lag. Janet gave up her...
Update on Melissa Busekros
Melissa Busekros, the German teen kidnapped from her family by government authorities because she was being homeschooled (see my...
Europe 2007: March 31 - April 1
As I mentioned before , we recently returned from a delightful two weeks in Europe, visiting Janet in Switzerland and some friends...
Hold That Sunscreen!
Well, no, not really. Sunscreen has an important role in preventing sunburn and skin problems. But I've long thought that we...
Yummy Grilled Vegetable Recipe
I like vegetables, especially if they're raw, but in many ways I have not recovered from my childhood opinion that vegetables are...
Where Is Truth?
My friends and family know how unobservant I can be. When I'm focused on one thing, all else recedes to near...
It's Not a Sitcom, It's Real Life
Since everything turned out all right, I have to post this link to Serina's Crazy Afternoon . It's as funny as any comedy show,...
Your CD is Toast
I've always found Amazon.com's "Better Together" feature to be mildly amusing, since every time they've offered me a "deal" to buy...
But Mom, We're Just Studying Math!
Swordplay has always been a major part of my extended family's get-togethers, from plastic tube "swords" for the younger...
Discipline, Punishment, and Spanking
I'm supposed to be writing about our trip to Europe, but the discussion on a friend's blog (begun here and continued here ) tempted...
Random Impressions of a Bit of Europe
We just returned from a dream vacation in Europe—hmmm, that sounds a bit pretentious, doesn't it? But it's true. It...
More on Cultural Exchange
Joshua T. White, of the Institute for Global Engagment , spent a year in Peshawar, Pakistan, as the guest of the provincial chief...
Grandma Bragging Time
We just received a very cool picture in the mail, from Jonathan, and I had to share it with those of you who will appreciate it as much...
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
Once again, Tim at Random Observations has provided post which I must pass on. (Warning: Yes, it's depressing, but worth...
Prenatal Beef Consumption?
It was the title that struck me: Study spotlights prenatal beef consumption I found the image of tiny babies-in-utero chowing down...
More Spring Flowers
I was going to e-mail these pictures to Grandpa W., from whose long-ago gift of amarylis bulbs these beauties are descended, but then...
Day Care Study
The day care debate would be only of mild interest to me, given that despite my own strong feelings on the matter, I equally strongly...
HPV: They Did Try to Tell Us; I Remember
I remember the response, too. I've written about the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine campaign before. Now I want to...
Cheap Title
In Arizona, the winning team in the kindergarten through sixth grade category of the recent state scholastic chess championship must...
Why Schools Are Better in Japan (Not?)
I'm posting a link to this U.S. News and World Report short article on Japanese schools , hoping it will provoke commentary from one who...
What Is Going on in Germany?
Earlier I wrote about Melissa Busekros , the 15-year-old German girl who was taken from her family to a psychiatric ward and thence to...