God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 15 Dec 2010 | 04:08 pm

Jimmy Smith's Christmas '64 (re-released as Christmas Cookin' and thanks, dad, for finding it) is my favorite album of all time. Not favorite Christmas album. Favorite album. There is so much in this ...

a wordle 15 Nov 2010 | 09:40 am

Pictures 15 Nov 2010 | 08:48 am

An ARD story that's not about the ARD 7 Nov 2010 | 04:49 am

For "Realism and Respect" please visit me at Hopeful Parents today!

Sometimes big boys can use a railing... 7 Sep 2010 | 04:23 am

is at Hopeful Parents. Please visit over there to read about one of John's many new accomplishments!

Hopeful Parents 5 Aug 2010 | 08:54 pm

I'm posting at Hopeful Parents today. Come and visit!

ending the break with photos 21 May 2010 | 11:16 am

Here's John at his amazing preschool....

What we did during the weeks of blogging silence 3 May 2009 | 12:50 am

I waited for John's appointment with Dr. Sidewalk. Waited with a boy now talking from maroon gelcaps, and hoped that Dr. Sidewalk would come in and say that this all meant something significant (of co...

Cleaning Sister's room 16 Mar 2009 | 03:53 am

Sometimes mothers blog about cleaning their houses. I'll admit to feeling perplexed and slightly jealous when I read these entries. We have lived in three houses since we started farming, none particu...

Eating rice with words on a moving sidewalk 8 Mar 2009 | 05:24 pm

I got to eat my old words a couple of weeks ago. The aug comm representative whose product line we don't plan to use sent a nice email to check in and see if he could be of service. By hitting reply, ...