• Sixth Annual Fall Beach Trip

    Some vignettes from our trip this weekend – this time at Pensacola: We appear to have developed a little habit that we probably should break ASAP. ‘Tis the habit of taking our annual…

  • Labor Day Morning Meal Planning

    Well clearly this has been in drafts for some time . . . Dinner prep is kind of complicated during hurricane season. Don’t want to have too much in the freezer . .…

  • I Pickleballed, and Other Updates

    Well. Pickleball is quite fun. We played on Friday night. Even though I wasn’t very good (I can’t help but hit the ball way too hard and it flies miles outside the line);…

  • Studious Beagle is Studious

    So HOWWWW goes the start of the school year for you all? Jasper is ready to get rolling on some projects. As are these boys! Fourth grader reporting for duty. He and the…

  • Herky Jerky and Hot

    OK. Indulge me in one rant about starting the school year in the middle of a run of “feels like 120 degrees” weather. OMG. It’s so hot and miserable. OMG. Their schools annoy…