This morning I was deep in prayer, as I often am, for our grandchildren. (Read the rest of this post before you think that sounds...
( Continued from Day 6 ) This was our final day in Hawaii, and we checked out of the lovely Hilton Waikoloa Village after enjoying...
( Continued from Day 5 ) This morning we arose early, broke out our snorkeling gear, and headed for the resort’s...
( Continued from Day 4, Part 2 ) At 8:00 this morning we had the mandatory timeshare presentation that made the whole trip...
( Continued from Day 4, Part 1 ) After climbing up out of the Kilauea Iki crater, our next adventure was at the Thurston Lava Tube....
Just after midnight today, Steven Perezluha reached Annapolis, Maryland as the ninth bicyclist in his division to complete the Race...
No, not our granddaughter. :( But something her siblings would probably like. It brightened my day, and might do so...
The Race Across AMerica may be the craziest bike race ever. From the Pacific to the Atlantic, from Oceanside, California to...
( Continued from Day 3 - Part 2 ) There was nothing about its beginning to presage a day spent amidst reminders of nature’s...
Our main meal is lunch, so most of my kitchen time occurs in the morning. At first I didn’t pay much attention to the...
The garden continues to grow dandelions at an impressive rate. It’s been a cold, rainy June, so I’m not sure how great...
No, this is not the next installment in the tale of our Hawaiian vacation, although it will help explain why that wasn't published...
(Continued from Day 3 - Part 1 , which was continued from Day 2 , which was continued from Day 1 .) Leaving behind the Waipi`o...
I know you're all—one or two of you, anyway—waiting with bated breath for the next installment of the Hawaiian...
Our concierge had informed us of Waikoloa Village Market , where the locals buy groceries, so yesterday we picked up a few supplies,...
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation , by Lynne Truss (Gotham Books, New York, 2003)...
Providence, Rhode Island. My college roommate was from Providence. I drank an Awful Awful at the Newport Creamery on one...
It had been a few years since our last visit to a concert of the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra , and I couldn't help thinking...
I dislike shopping. (Those who know me, also know how understated that is, but "loathe" seems too strong a word to use about...
Most of it, anyway. Stephan entertained Joseph last Saturday while I did the final preparations for the garden and did some...
May 10 th Joseph was standing at the coffee table when he took both hands off to clap for me. He stood a few seconds before he...
At last, an explanation of what Janet did in Basel before Joseph was born: Early Music (H/T Andy B.), and Barefoot Running...
I Am David (2003, PG) Six years ago, my sister-in-law informed me that one of my favorite books, Anne Holm’s North to...
Daniel May: The Tall and the Small Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Christopher Wilkins,...
How can you take a book without one single battle scene and turn it into an action movie? "How" is actually quite well answered by...