So yesterday we did a little bit of lying. We told Steve’s dad, Ken, that only Steve was coming for his 84th birthday (which is today) and that Sarah and I couldn’t make it. (We did tell his mom that all three of us were coming since she had to think about beds and meals.)…

I haven’t done any picture posts lately, and I thought that maybe your Thursday could use some peace and placidity.  (Those words probably mean the same thing but I just sort of like the way they flow together.) I know I’ve posted pictures of this area before but everytime I go, it’s different. That’s one of the things I love most about photographing nature–it changes…

Although I realize that everyone already knows that Sarah’s report was benign, I have been promising the story behind the report–and here it is! Last Tuesday morning, I came down to the kitchen and found Sarah eating breakfast.…

My quantities of energy and time seem to be having a competition with each other to see which one of them is at its lowest ebb today.  I think they both won.…