We had such a nice trip. Despite the heat and crowds, both of which we anticipated, we managed to have a pretty relaxing time in Venice. We visited some of the requisite tourist spots, like San Marcos Cathedral:
We sat on the ground in a tiny sliver of shade eating bread with fruit and pate for […]
    I decided it’s time for a new theme — the cherry blossoms were sweet, but the whole blog look seemed a little flat and stark to me. So I’m going to try some stuff and things might be a little disrupted around this joint until I get it squared away. Ha ha! As though […]
A coworker told me he had to drive his sons to their high school exams because they had to bring their own printers. They are allowed to write the exams on their laptops, but the schools don’t have the facilities to print so many exams out. Ahhhh! That explained the kid lugging a barrel-sized printer onto the bus yesterday. […]
Today James signed a contract for a full-time position, working for the man. Or really, the woman. He is going to be an editor, and is really excited, ready to have a full-time career, and I am ready for the relief of another income in the family, and being able to travel and do nice […]
It sounds like Denmark was recently in the news in the U.S. for once again being voted the happiest place on earth. And the thinking goes that some of this is due to just not having inflated expectations for things. For example, in the U.S., we are all just a little elbow grease away from […]
It’s New Year’s Eve, and the first order of business today is to lay in some provisions. One grocery store in our town is open. The others are closed today, tomorrow, and the 2nd. I’ve been on vacation for a little over a week, and a level of dissipation has set in. We have all […]
There have been a number of changes since the last time I wrote — back in the days before John decided to move to Ireland to be near his daughter and stuck his server and other worldly belongings on a freighter that may finally be nearing Dublin. For one, Mabel has switched schools. She’s in […]
Stan has kindly offered to let me hitch a ride on his server, and helped me get set up. I gave the blog a new name and a new look, and those things pretty much sapped my creative energy. Okay, the look part is a template and so it was a matter of choosing from hundreds. “På […]
