Jack got an iPhone. “Wait until eighth” is the phrase (meaning 8th grade), and he is almost there, and we are letting him babysit his brothers for hours now. It was the right…

G’morning. Update: I am half-vaccinated, soon to be full-vaccinated as of Tuesday. My in-laws are vaccinated. My parents are vaccinated. We are arranging visits where we don’t have to quarantine ahead of time.…

OK guys, the cupboards are bare. For the past couple weeks I have made random pantry meals using stuff that was around, and I even chipped out the ancient leftovers that have been…

It’s been a while and I don’t have Great Exciting Things to share, but I didn’t want my old blogging muscles to atrophy. Now there is no CHANCE of my writing muscles atrophying,…

A is for Awful. B is for Blech. C is for Cold. D is for Dismal. E is for . . . you get the point. It’s been sleeting all day, and I’ve…