Tomorrow my mother arrives. When she leaves we will be a family of four (God willing and the creek don’t rise). Life...
So, Orlando finally gets a Wawa ! Nowhere near us yet, but there's hope. I'm still waiting for a Trader Joe's....
Several months ago, Porter signed us up for a pre-anniversary present of tickets to the Orlando performance of The Screwtape...
(This is continued from Part I and Part II ) The System (Continued) General File System (see Part II) Tickler (see Part...
(This post is continued from Part I ) The System On bad days I do very little work in the system, but I almost always make sure I...
The end and beginning of the year are full of celebrations for us: birthdays, anniversaries of weddings and baptisms, and this year,...
A Boy's War by David Michell (OMF International, 1988) In 2010, revelations of unspeakable abuse of missionary children at...
Why do Jehovah's Witnesses bring out the worst in me? They're only doing what they think is best. I'm not good with any form of...
Things we are thankful for in some particular order: Christ’s coming to earth! Hallejula! We had...
It's not polite to think about items you didn't get for Christmas while we're still in the Christmas season. But hey—at...
(Continued from Pre-Christmas Fun .) You wouldn't think that with just the two of us it would still take all day to open...
The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket by Trevor Corson (HarperCollins, 2007) Eating sushi is...
This post was going to include Christmas Day, but it turned out to be pretty long, so I've divided it into two parts. Last Sunday...
Here's one reason why it's more fun to be Episcopalian/Anglican/Catholic/Orthodox or anyone else for whom Christmas lasts a full...
— 1 — Don't forget NORAD Tracks Santa ! (I see they have some new videos this year.) As I write this,...
There are many thoughts flying about my head, but Joseph’s nap won’t last forever and there are more important things to do,...
Things Joseph is thankful for in no particular order: Snow Mommy Daddy Chances to be outside The ball...
There’s only so much computer time, much less blog time and it looks like 7-thanks have taken over bullet updates. ...
— 1 — This will be my last 7 Quick Takes Friday , at least on a regular basis. It's been fun...
Dear Readers, I have been getting so many spam comments that I have decided to turn on comment moderation. Once you have been...
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up by Liao Yiwu, translated by Wen Huang (Pantheon, 2008) With...
Things I’m thankful for in no particular order: I won’t always and forever have my sleep constantly...
— 1 — This is for my Carngie Mellon MechE grad daughter , who loves gears . Check out the rest of...
A Facebook discussion set me to pondering what I have learned through the years about necessary and unnecessary stress at...
Catholic holidays when living in a Catholic canton and father-son outings (this time to the transport museum)! Plus...