Since March 31 of this year, Life has been rather a whirlwind. John and I have made some momentous decisions, both together and individually that have altered both our long-term plans and our daily lives significantly and those take wearing for a while to discover precisely how they fit. John has decided that he wants…
Category: apropos of nothing
Moving forward
One of the movies I’ve always enjoyed for its inspirational qualities is “Mr. Holland’s Opus” and one of the lines from that movie that I have adopted for my own use comes from the scene in which the protagonist is reluctantly teaching driver’s ed in the summer. The student driver does unspeakable things to the…
Return of the blog
I’ve been reading and reviewing old blog entries from when Katherine was little lately and laughing, laughing, laughing at our family life. How did we ever stagger through those crazy toddler-filled years full of catastrophe? There was never enough time. There was less than no money. John was often working 60-70 hours per week and…
Long and Winding, with apologies
I remember hearing bats once as a child. I must have been five or six and I could hear their high-pitched squeaks in the night while on vacation. That was around the time when I must have stopped hearing birds, too. And leaves. Words that people spoke half-fell on my ears and there are people…
Reboot
Life has been frantic to the point of chaos this fall, but it’s looking like I may be able to simplify a little and get some semi-regular blog posts and photography accomplished. I picked up an iPhone 5 and am finding that the camera is adequate, but the interface is lovely. Have to figure out…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 