I turned up a neat quote today on what it’s like to have sons: “A boy is a magical creature. You can lock him out of your workshop, but you…
Well, the back yard is finally shaping up for us. Last fall we had some guys come in and clear out the woods, taking down about 100 trees and tons…
Yesterday a gunman took 32 lives at Virginia Tech in what they’re calling the worst such shooting spree in history. For now, anyway. Every day I work on a university…
What with all the warm weather and sunshine lately, we decided to buy some plantings for the yard a couple weekends ago. Laura and the boys had fun adding flowers…
Last weekend we took the boys to the circus for the first time. In retrospect, we probably should’ve waited another year. We started off well enough, with Jason laughing hysterically…
So let me see if I’ve got this straight. One day she’s a brilliant young Navy captain and astronaut with a space mission behind her and more to come, the…
Where does the time go? Scotty turned two last Saturday, and had a great time opening presents and being sung to. He practiced blowing out candles for about a week…
This week Laura finally fulfilled a longtime ambition and began teaching her first college-level course. Laura was approached by VCU’s School of Business to teach a course a couple years…
I’m really looking forward to this one. After spending decades trapped in legal limbo, the 1966 (TV show) Batmobile is finally returning to toy store shelves this year, thanks…
Last night I played a really fun game of Hangman with Jason. I should explain a couple things first. One is that at the age of 3 and a half,…
