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Hope in the News: Recovery from Brain Injury
Most of the news we hear about people with severe brain injuries (such as Terri Schiavo) is from a negative perspective: How long can...
sursumcorda, 4 July 2006 |
Noah: The Story
Things just began to settle down a bit after Noah's birth when we had computer problems to deal with, but it's now a quiet Sunday...
Baldo
Okay, so the wider dissemination of lesser-known comic strips is not the greatest use of the Internet, but it's fun. I've featured...
Weekend in Tokyo with Family!
June 25 th and 26 th I was in Tokyo for two fun reasons. The first event was a Renaissance dance class, and the second (but...
How to Write to Janet
It’s easy to write! I would LOVE to get a note from you. 1. Click on the “Comments” link below....
Hello!
Dear friends, Hello! How are you? Soon I must go back to America . I love Japan and will miss it very much. In...
Welcome to English Fun!
This is a test post for administrative purposes. Janet, go ahead and delete it and replace it with one of your own. I had to make the...
Noah: Pictures!
In case you want to see the newest of the World's Most Adorable Grandchildren before I get around to updating my own image collection,...
Noah Hezekiah Daley Is Born!
June 28, 6:02 p.m. 10 lb. 3 oz., 22.5" long, 15" head, 15" chest. This is the quick post. The birth story is...
Teaser
Many, many thanks to all who have been praying! Mother and baby are radiant and doing well. More details after Jon posts to their blog;...
A Humorous Interlude
Jon showed me this Speed Bump comic (by Dave Coverly), and it's too good not to pass on.
Still Waiting
The title says it all. We are now past everyone's guess but Heather's, but still only four days past D-Date, and Jonathan was five....
Lunchtime Story
There's something delightful in hearing a two year old say, "I want some guacamole."
Update 6-25-06
Porter is here. We have a van. All systems are go. Just waiting for the star of the show to make his/her grand entrance. Sometimes...
Update 6-24-06
Tomorrow Janet will be with APA and I am so excited for all of them! No news on the baby front, except that Heather is really tired...
Update June 19-23 (M-F) It’s short for once!
Proving that I have nothing better to do, or that I have better things to do and I don’t want to do them, I sat down tonight to write...
Mini-homestay with Hippo! June 18th
One of the activities that the Hippo family club supports is homestays across the globe. In this spirit Alex and I were invited to...
Now This is Scary
I've occasionally wondered what we might be doing to ourselves by prolonging daylight with the use of artificial lights. A study by the...
Shirane School Festival Day 3: Exhibitions (Friday, 16...
The last day of the school festival was just as entertaining as the first two. Once again, the ichinensei weren’t allowed full...
Shirane School Festival Day 2: Sports (Thursday, 15 June...
The second day of the school festival was just as much fun for me as the first day, but in a different way. The first day was great...
Shirane School Festival Day 1: Stage Performances...
I had been taking afternoons off quite often because of all the vacation I have left so I was hardly aware of all the preparations the...
Yes! Frazz!
It's been a while since I've posted a Frazz comic here (I always worry about the line between fair use and copyright violation), but...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Stories
We gave Jonathan a copy of the Three Billy Goats Gruff story, and if the words aren't exactly as I remember my father reading them to...
General Update June 8-13
It’s only been a week since I last wrote and I can’t remember what I did! Class were a bit less than fun when I had 40 kids,...
A Novel Way to Encourage this Generation to Breastfeed
A recent New York Times article on the effort to promote breastfeeding includes this interesting line: Nursing may even produce a...