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How to Choose a College Major
I was wondering how I'd get a post out today, in which there is no time for actual writing. Then my grandson handed me this on a...
sursumcorda, 9 May 2024 |
Flying Woes, 1967
This story from my father's journals shows that air travel technology may have changed a lot in the past 50 years, but travel delays are...
A Story of the Pirates of the Caribbean Music
You like Pirates of the Caribbean ? You especially like the music? I think you'll enjoy this 13-minute story of the soundtrack ....
Whatever You're Doing, Go Do Something Else
I'm not particularly aware of what parents and teachers worry about these days, having long passed that stage of life, but I know that...
Grace - Day +75
It's been a while since a Grace update, but the news is good, as the family is settling back into life together. Here's what the Daleys...
AI for the Win, or Wind, or Eindhoven, or Something
Porter usually knows better than to read me sports articles, but he knew my writer side wouldn't want to miss this. Either that or...
Using the First Amendment to Protect the Second, and Vice...
Not long ago, I ran down an interesting rabbit hole. As a genealogy researcher, i have both an interest in and a knack for finding...
Where Have All the Editors Gone? (Rhetorical Question)
I'm putting this in the "Just for Fun" category, because laughing at small annoyances is like removing the stone from your shoe before...
Eight Flavors
Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Sarah Lohman (Simon & Schuster, 2016) This was not the Sarah...
Here I Stand
One of my favorite books is Peter Drucker's Adventures of a Bystander . In "The Monster and the Lamb," one of the many...
Happiness All Around
For those of you waiting to hear about Grace's return to her home in New Hampshire after more than two months of exile in Boston, I'll...
A Cabin in Winter
As spring begins to make its welcome way into the Northeast, here's a reminder to those of you who love winter of how nice it can...
Happy Eclipse Day
If you are not among those of our family and friends who are travelling to view the solar eclipse, or who are lucky enough to live in...
Home, Sweet Home
All continuing to go well, Grace will return to her New Hampshire home on Monday! This is huge for her and for the whole...
The Advice I've Learned Not to Give - or Take
You need to get out of your comfort zone. How often have you heard that advice? Or given it? It sounds good, as do most...
Easter - the Destination
Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! Easter was not a surprise, nor an afterthought, nor a Plan B. In the...
A Post for Holy Saturday
Easter's coming, but it's not here yet. (Except in Switzerland, and some other time zones.)
Good Friday, 2024
In view of the trials our family has been experiencing recently, and because it has been fourteen years since I published it in 2010,...
Truth, Humor, and My Father
I love my dad's sense of humor. Here's another story from his journals, this time from a four-week cross-country car trip we took in...
The More Things Change
Here's another observation from reading my father's journals, this one from April 1963. About 11 a.m. I went out to the car to go...
Heartbreak, Heart Healing, and a Special Prayer Request
I don't have time this morning to do the post justice, but before I start off on our day of adventure I must pass on a specific prayer...
Cleared for Takeoff!
Our second-oldest grandson, the Aviator (otherwise known as the Baker), made his first solo flight last week! And today, Grace...
More Neanderthalism
I've lost much of my faith in the New York Times , the motto of which seems to have evolved from "All the news that's fit to print"...
Looking Up, and a Thought
It's Day +33 for Grace, and suddenly things are looking more positive. I have no official updates since Day +30, but yesterday our video...
I Never Claimed to be Normal -- Dating Edition
From Dad's journals, January 1967 This happened at a meeting for Girl Scout parents: The main purpose of the meeting was to...