Heartless

This is my second attempt to talk about my day. Harumph. First of all, we were up early (no work or school, so of course the kids were up before we were). We decided to tidy up the yard a little. A “little” being at least two hours of mowing, weed-eating, watering, trimming, picking up, […]

Like smoke

Why, dear internets, is peace and happiness so elusive? (that could be a good essay question, huh.) I share bits and pieces of life with my family here, not too much (I hope) to bore you beyond tears, but just so you kinda know what we are experiencing. A little over a week ago we […]

Baghdad Burning. Still.

River says that things haven’t improved one bit, in fact they’ve gotten much worse. Kids are home from school more often than they go (but hey, we rebuilt the schools after we blew them up! At least it’s a start)… Baghdad Burning: “Three years later and the nightmares of bombings and of shock and awe […]