My oldest son is currently on his gap year trip, which began with a volunteer stint at a wildlife rehabilitation center in South Africa. He just sent a few photos…
Taking DD9 out for Girl Day, her choice of activities. Not sure what we're doing, suspect will involve nail polish & visit to craft store. # Making peanut butter & jelly muffins for [...]
Closing Peace Hill Press office tomorrow. We've got 10" of snow and VDOT has declined to plow/sand/salt/notice secondary roads. # Local lane now has both sand and sunshine. Chances of [...]
In Maryland visiting DH's folks, heading to Mrs. K's Tollhouse for lunch. # DH and DS13 headed off to watch Maryland play Miami. # Heading back to VA from MD. Hello, I-95, what horrors do [...]
DS18 has arrived safely at Phalaborwa. (Huge sigh of relief.) # DS18 texts: "Have been pooped on by monkey, bitten twice, put hand in strange white goo, best day ever." He's at [...]
Back to work this morning. Still slightly peeved that New Orleans was colder than Virginia in January. # DD9's pony bears an increasingly strong resemblance to a goat. With a big hairy beard. [...]
This is my friend Claude, who came from Haiti in the 1970s under the sponsorship of my parents, who met him while they were working on a medical mission in Haiti. Claude lived with us for years [...]
And…we’re back. Advent is finished; Christmas is past; we took down the tree (and burned it, which is a dramatic but sort of unsettling end to the holiday). I put away all the [...]
On a plane to New Orleans. Spoiled by JetBlue, can't believe how tiny USAir legspace is.. # Getting ready to eat crawfish etouffee on Chartres. # Apparently my husband has never eaten REAL [...]
Haven’t blogged this week because I’m in New Orleans (old family stomping grounds) with my husband, celebrating our twentieth wedding anniversary. I keep thinking I’ll do a blog [...]
Xmas vacation: Ate many cookies & much prime rib & lobster; played multiple board games; slept; watched DVDs. (Firefly: best writing EVER.) # Just spent the morning putting all 2010 [...]
