• 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…

  • Counting Sheep

    I spent most of July not in New Orleans, which was wonderful as it is very hot and miserable here. We were cavorting with sheep in bucolic green fields in the United Kingdom,…

  • A Terra Cotta Sail Undoes Me

    Yesterday I was working, boys sleeping, dog destroying something somewhere in the house I’m sure. Then the maids arrived – they come biweekly on a Tuesday morning and every time, it’s a surprise…

  • Update on my teen cooks

    So far so good with the boys learning to cook. They aren’t ready to open a restaurant or anything, but we’re getting some basics down. For Jack, bless his darling cautious heart, that…