Pat and Kathie

On Thursday evening, Kelly and I were driving home from shopping - what else? - when we passed this sight. Kelly asked incredulously, "...

I've been anointed by the famous Joan ! Well, actually she only spilled her cup of tea on me yesterday at lunch, but I've been milki...

My daughter brought to my attention an excellent article by Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor for President Carter, in Sunday’s...

Yesterday was the party for LaLa's 7th birthday. As usual, there were lots of kids running around and having a great time. My favorite p...

On Thursday Jennie wrote: “The barn is down. The ranch that witnessed history through the eyes of one of Missoula's oldest families is...

So I found this link for xkcd over at Pam 's blog, and just had to copy the current comic for Kathie. You see, Kathie told me about a ...

Kelly speeding by on her Trikke , and Sam My Man looking weirded out... as usual.

My kids think I'm a kibble or two short of a full bowl, but I just love my happy glasses. I got them at WalMart for ten bucks. They do...

Last weekend I was in Missoula, Montana, making one of those frequent trips to see the grandbaby. My elder daughter - would she cringe at th...

How often do we get to reach out and touch one of our heroes? Jorge Drexler, an Uruguayan (OK now, how many of you know where Uruguay is lo...

I'm cleaning my office at home today. It's quite a project - I started yesterday and got so involved that I had to ask Pennie if I c...

Clicking on the links to blogs other people list in their sidebars usually lands me on something fun. I think I got to this one indirectly...

Ever dreamed of taking classes at MIT? You can, for free, online. Well, not for credit, of course, but by the end of this year, the conten...

Kelly was tagged by Sonnjea to do an iPod shuffle kind of game. Interestingly, neither of them has an iPod. (Kelly does have a fake iPod...

Heather and Sonnjea (and one other blogger I can't remember) wrote recently about Girl Scout cookies. I have to admit I had a run-in w...

Walk This Way posted a picture of King Street, Charleston, on February 26, and I thought of the Roseville vase bought in the King Street An...

These are some of the children, hanging out after school and watching the progress on their playground built by It's Just the Kids , and...

Yesterday afternoon, "Anonymous" posted the following comment on “Americans in Cuba: It’s About Time” . "I agree that anyone ...

Since a US travel and trade embargo was imposed in 1960, Americans have been restricted from travel to Cuba without a license from the US go...

When I was in high school, I remember hearing Huntley and Brinkley reporting every night on the day's "body count" in Viet Nam...