RONdezvous

Pip volunteered to do a 10-minute slot at the Fine Arts fair at his school this week. We worked up a couple pieces, with Mia joining in on ...

Since we moved into the new house a few months ago, I have indulged a few lady-of-the-house impulses, such as planting window boxes, buying ...

Forgive me for another swooning post about the World Cup. No, I'm not even going to gush about the US win over Algeria yesterday. Altho...

More than once in the past few days, Ron and I have turned to each other and swooned: "I love HD!" This is the first World Cup we...

Moby Dick: twice. Ulysses: twice, sort of. Vanity Fair: twice, though I don't remember any of it. Brothers Karamazov: of course. Madame ...

And now, time for some lousy theology. On Pentecost, of all things. I've been noticing tiny miracles lately, things like finding...

This past week was AWESOME! Well, for Pip at least it was. At Evergreen, a 'balanced calendar' school, Pip had spring break for tw...

The ancient world had its explanatory myths for the seasons, but in our house, it's all down to facial hair. Yep, Ron's facial hair...

Lately I suspect I'm annoying people with my increasingly frequent references to feeling old. People older than me naturally scoff at su...

Yes, I know. Six months' hiatus. Very bad. Long enough for a well-justified "delete" from the RSS feeds of family members, n...

Not much. I moved into my new office at work and puttered around happily in there, working on this or that project. And we spent a beautif...