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Which Box Are You In?
A friend sent me a copy of Louise Story's New York Times article describing the new generation of bright, college-educated women...
sursumcorda, 22 October 2005 |
Watching Wilma, and Waiting
There's not much to do but pray, watch, and wait for now. Our freezer has been full of ice and frozen jugs of water and other potables...
Found It!
I would not do well on one of those music school "drop the needle" tests, in which one needs to name a piece of music based on hearing a...
A Few Random Observations from Jonathan's Visit
Jonathan is never cold. Our pool was a Florida-warm 77 degrees for his visit, but it didn’t take long for the rest of us to feel...
Home Safely
I just heard from Heather and Jonathan, who have safely navigated car and plane and bus and foot and are home in Pittsburgh. I didn't...
The Engineers' Son
You might guess that Jonathan is the son of two engineers by the fact that he frequently peruses their Dilbert calendar, laughing...
Jonathan's "Happy Hunger"
I once read that a child should learn "at the rate determined by her own happy hunger." (I believe the quotation is from John Ciardi,...
A Visit with Great-Grandma
Great-Grandma Landeen came for lunch yesterday, and Jonathan had fun playing trains with her, and reading the new books that she brought...
Running with Dad-o
On Friday Jonathan and Heather had accompanied us the park for our regular running date. While Dad-o ran, the rest of us walked around...
Almost (but not Quite) a Day without Swimming
Jonathan is not accustomed to having to leave the house before 7 a.m. for church, but he managed to be only one of the Seven...
A 22-Mile Bike Ride and a Three-Hour (Plus) Swim (Saturday)
Having learned that it is now possible to ride along the bike trail from our neighborhood to the bridge over I-4, Heather wanted to make...
In Search of "Girl Pick Gourds"
Jonathan has several pictures of Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows that he likes to look at, so we were excited to give him...
A Facility for Quotation
One of the joys I remember from Heather and Janet’s childhood is hearing them quote back and forth to each other sections of...
Playground Fun
Yesterday we also went to the neighborhood playground, Heather and I walking, and Jonathan sometimes pulling, mostly riding in, the...
Day Two — More Swimming
The pool continues to be a big draw here, with Jonathan swimming as much and as often as he can convince someone to swim with him. Ah,...
The WMAG Returns to Florida!
Jon has graciously lent us Heather and Jonathan for a week! They arrived yesterday. I met them as they were descending the escalator;...
The Subtlety of English Grammar
One of Janet's classes was discussing the causative have, such as "I had my hair cut" and "I had my bike stolen." She noted that the...
An Impromptu 22-Mile Bike Ride
It began when I said to Porter, "I'm riding to the post office; do you want to join me?" The post office is less than two...
Triathlon!
It was a triathlon, in an out of shape, over 50 sort of way. We still haven't been able to fill up the cars since the gas panic...
The Power of Panic
The terrifying power of panic to disrupt and destroy was best illustrated this week in Iraq, where the stampede provoked by rumor of a...
Good News about Gas Prices
Even before Hurricane Katrina, when we were paying around $2.55 for a gallon of gasoline, the adjustments made necessary by the increased...
Missing Since Katrina
If you have contacts in the Mississippi area, please check out this friend's plea for locating missing relatives .
Got Profit?
Pressure is increasing on schools to remove that nutritional disaster called soda from their vending machines and replace it with...
Katrina
By this time last year we had already experienced our first major hurricane, Charley, but Frances, Jeanne, and Ivan were September...
It's All About Money
In England, Darren and Debbie Wyatt are fighting in court to save the life of their 22-month old daughter, Charlotte, who is...