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Quote of the Day
My beloved nerdy family subscribes to A Word of the Day . One would hope that would make me more articulate, but the part of the...
harp, 30 April 2007 |
Mad Cow: It Was a Very Good Year
We had so much fun last year at the Mad Cow Theatre's Orlando Cabaret Festival : It Was a Very Good Year that it wasn't hard to...
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....
Two Weeks at 3am
Forgive me. Has it been more than a week since I wrote?! Given that it is 12:45am and I haven’t been getting much...
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...
For a Laugh
My faithful readers deserve better attention that I'm giving. Things are busy in a very good way but that stills makes them busy. ...
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...
A Good Day
Every day is beautiful and every day I rejoice in the Lord, but some days the sun shines down and happy praises are easy to voice, and...
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...
For Next Lent
I know it is too early to be thinking of next lent, but I saw a painting in the Orsay Museum that really spoke to me. ...
Weit Weg: Mom and Dad Return Home
On this beautiful second Sunday of Easter I guided my parents to the airport and we said our goodbyes. We managed to make it...
Test Post Time for Ten Things
Mom set me up with a new way to upload pictures and I'm trying it out on a random picture. I found this poem at the Paper...
Back from France
I have only enough time to announce that we made it safely back to Basel after an enchanting week in France. I had the mostly...
The Third and Last Full Day in Basel (the first time)
What I mean by that is that tomorrow we leave for France for six days then we will again be back in Switzerland for the last three days...