We had our first holiday weekend due to the Respect for the Aged national holiday (Monday, Sept 19). I enjoyed it a lot, though...
Great-Grandma Landeen came for lunch yesterday, and Jonathan had fun playing trains with her, and reading the new books that she brought...
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...
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...
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...
Hello! As you can tell it's been a busy week! I had a wonderful three day weekend last weekend, then we only had three days of school...
Jonathan has several pictures of Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows that he likes to look at, so we were excited to give him...
One of the joys I remember from Heather and Janet’s childhood is hearing them quote back and forth to each other sections of...
Yesterday we also went to the neighborhood playground, Heather and I walking, and Jonathan sometimes pulling, mostly riding in, the...
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,...
Jon has graciously lent us Heather and Jonathan for a week! They arrived yesterday. I met them as they were descending the escalator;...
Wednesday was another day at school. If something interesting happened I’ve forgotten it. It was, however, the first day...
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...
Sorry I haven’t written in a while. It’s hard to believe so much time has passed. I left off last Thursday, so I’ll begin...
Finally! The moment you have all been waiting for! Here is a link to my pictures. You do not have to sign up to see my pictures, but...
Well, it’s hard to believe that almost another week has gone by! It’s good that the week doesn’t drag since it means I’m...
Before Starting The Mt. Fuji adventure started as I rode home from school and realized that I had planned...
Sorry, but I have to go chronologically or I’ll never get everything down. Wow, was it really my first Thursday with classes?...
This is a test post, part of an effort to solve Janet’s problem with random font changes showing up in her posts, unwanted. Hidden...
I will post about the Mt. Fuji climb later, but felt my need to write this override my need to go to bed. I have been blessed with...
I wish I could post the whole story of the Mt. Fuji climb now, but that will have to wait. I wanted to say that I’m home...
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...
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 terrifying power of panic to disrupt and destroy was best illustrated this week in Iraq, where the stampede provoked by rumor of a...
Even before Hurricane Katrina, when we were paying around $2.55 for a gallon of gasoline, the adjustments made necessary by the increased...