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Europe 2007: April 10
Today was another beautiful day. We've had so many since arriving in Europe. The week before our arrival was so cold...
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Europe 2007: April 9
Awaking before the rest of the household, I slipped outside to explore the grounds in the peaceful early morning light. Just...
Europe 2007: April 8 -- Easter!
When our friends asked what our Easter traditions were, my immediate reaction was, "total exhaustion, following a glorious church...
Europe 2007: April 7
Having slept off our Thanksgiving dinner-style museum orgy, and packed our suitcases for departure, we were ready to indulge in another...
Europe 2007: April 6
Ah, to wake up in Paris, and eat breakfast in the café next door! So what if croissants/bread, orange juice, and...
Europe 2007: April 5
Transition! We took the tram to the train station, where we bought drinks to go with the food we had bought yesterday to eat on...
Sunday Adventures
I thought our Sunday was exciting, until I read about the Daleys' ! It was Sunny on Sunday here, too, at least for the...
Mad Cow: It Was a Very Good Year
We had so much fun last year at the Mad Cow Theatre's Orlando Cabaret Festival : It Was a Very Good Year that it wasn't hard to...
Basel Through Other Eyes
In case you'd like a professional writer's view of Basel, this article was in Pittsburgh's Post-Gazette this morning....
Europe 2007: April 4
Today Janet was feeling the pressure of work to be done, and she decided we knew enough to be let out on our own for a while. ...
Our Little Slice of Europe
Perhaps Porter was missing Europe and our museum-overload, I don't know. But the Morse Museum is free on Friday evenings this...
Europe 2007: April 3
Janet's version is here . Today we made the most of both our tram passes and our Basel Cards, the latter providing us free...
Europe 2007: April 2
We slept late this morning but otherwise showed more effects from all our walking yesterday than from jet lag. Janet gave up her...
Update on Melissa Busekros
Melissa Busekros, the German teen kidnapped from her family by government authorities because she was being homeschooled (see my...
Europe 2007: March 31 - April 1
As I mentioned before , we recently returned from a delightful two weeks in Europe, visiting Janet in Switzerland and some friends...
Hold That Sunscreen!
Well, no, not really. Sunscreen has an important role in preventing sunburn and skin problems. But I've long thought that we...
Yummy Grilled Vegetable Recipe
I like vegetables, especially if they're raw, but in many ways I have not recovered from my childhood opinion that vegetables are...
Where Is Truth?
My friends and family know how unobservant I can be. When I'm focused on one thing, all else recedes to near...
It's Not a Sitcom, It's Real Life
Since everything turned out all right, I have to post this link to Serina's Crazy Afternoon . It's as funny as any comedy show,...
Your CD is Toast
I've always found Amazon.com's "Better Together" feature to be mildly amusing, since every time they've offered me a "deal" to buy...
But Mom, We're Just Studying Math!
Swordplay has always been a major part of my extended family's get-togethers, from plastic tube "swords" for the younger...
Discipline, Punishment, and Spanking
I'm supposed to be writing about our trip to Europe, but the discussion on a friend's blog (begun here and continued here ) tempted...
Random Impressions of a Bit of Europe
We just returned from a dream vacation in Europe—hmmm, that sounds a bit pretentious, doesn't it? But it's true. It...
More on Cultural Exchange
Joshua T. White, of the Institute for Global Engagment , spent a year in Peshawar, Pakistan, as the guest of the provincial chief...
Grandma Bragging Time
We just received a very cool picture in the mail, from Jonathan, and I had to share it with those of you who will appreciate it as much...