So Lydia had a grand mal seizure Sunday afternoon. It was her first, and with any luck–and two daily doses of anti-convulsant meds–it will be her last. We had a few hectic hours, involving an ambulance ride, a battery of tests, and hours of waiting, waiting at the hospital. I’d be perfectly happy if we… Read More Everything’s okay, but it’s been a crazy couple of days.

Lydia had an appointment with the dentist yesterday morning to have her palate extender tightened. When I went to pick her up at school it was recess time and, wending my way through scores of unleashed kids, I saw something that made me wince and do my best to avert my eyes. And it wasn’t… Read More Offended sensibilities

There’s much talk on the interweb these days of spring being in the air. We can feel it where I live as well, after a fashion, but not the fashion many readers may be accustomed to. These pictures were taken in my front yard yesterday afternoon, when we were all out for a little fresh… Read More The Springing of Spring

Readers who haven’t spent much face time with me may not realize that my wholesome online persona is merely a facade. Though I rarely use blue language in my writing, in my everyday life I swear like a sailor. This inevitably rubs off on my children, with results that are sometimes mortifying, sometimes entertaining. This… Read More Dissin’ the Dinos

Everybody dance, now.

There aren’t many things nicer than a Sunday night when you DON’T have to get up early Monday morning.