Today Miranda and I took Silas into Baltimore to John Hopkins Hospital for an exam. This was our second trip into the city this week, and our second hospital, the first was to take mom to Union Memorial for a stent procedure. We sure were amazed at Union Memorial, it...
Love Sting’s music. I can even agree with his stance on the rainforest. After that, I guess we would part on most other topics. In a recent interview with Sting and his wife Trudie Styler for Earth Day, he says a few times that the we need Big Government. That...
Imagine that there is a new scientific theory that warns of an impending crisis, and points to a way out. This theory quickly draws support from leading scientists, politicians and celebrities around the world. Research is funded by distinguished philanthropies, and carried out at prestigious universities. The crisis is reported...
Now that the baby shower is over, I feel like we are all looking at Miranda like a ticking time bomb ready to go off. We’re now anxious for the baby to arrive! Seeing how she delivered Silas early, the due date of May 17th just might not be what...
Car lover? History lover? Or just someone who loves beautifully sculpted sheet metal? We have your museum: The Car and Carriage Caravan Museum at Luray Caverns. Feast your eyes on the stunning centerpiece of the collection, an 1897 Mercedes-Benz, one of the oldest cars in the country still in operating...
I called my old desktop computer purchased about 8 years ago, Mathilda. She was a workhorse and still hangs in there for the most part, but it was time for a new one. This one could be called Greased Lightning! 8 Gigs of Ram! This desktop features a double-layer DVD±R/CD-RW...
Miranda has had a busy week… the zoo, her birthday, and today, we had her baby shower! A link to the photos is HERE I got all my Party Favors at
Well after a good day at the zoo, the next day came with a mini celebration for Miranda’s birthday. With a cake… Ok, this post was supposed to be about Miranda’s birthday, but Silas stole the show with ice cream cake! 🙂
Wednesday, Miranda, Laura, and I took Silas and Cameron to the zoo in DC. The National Zoo in DC is a wonder, I never get to see all I want in one visit. A gallery of all the photos taken of the extraordinary collection of animals is here » DC...
Luray Caverns is the largest caverns in the eastern United States, yet walking through feels more akin to an unearthly experience.
The Skyline Drive runs 105 miles north and south along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park and is the only public road through the Park. It takes about three hours to travel the entire length of the Park on a clear day.
It was time to take John to Dulles Airport, and since it was kind of far from home, Enric and Silas went with me. To make a sad trip a little more fun, we stopped into the Dulles section of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. I had been to...
As Enric tells the story, many times in their courtship and marriage, Miranda would claim any vacant bench as her bench. This became a sort of inside joke between the two of them. As it is soon Miranda’s birthday, Enric wanted to get something thoughtful, her real OWN bench. This...
Hopefully soon, we will adding on to our house. Enric and Miranda will be adding another floor to the house, but one of the physical first steps was to remove a rather large branch from our tree near our deck in the backyard. Silas and Miranda secured a prime front...
When Grandmom died, we divided her belongings. Unwittingly, I took items that seem to have some unique value, one of them being these depression glass goblets. Depression glass refers to inexpensive colored transparent glassware manufactured in the U.S. from the mid-1920s through WWII. It was often given away as a...
The condescending Nancy Pelosi, speaking on the recently passed health care bill, used dialog as if she were speaking to simple minded folk… While patting herself on the back, she had the nerve to say, as if ANYONE understands the monster health care bill she and her cohorts just passed:...
From CRS The Congressional Research Service confirmed in a memo Wednesday that rapists and sex offenders may get federally subsidized Viagra and other sexual performance enhancing drugs under the recently passed health care reform law — information that Republicans charge will haunt Democrats in upcoming elections. I am fairly certain...
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stands a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure, too. Benjamin Franklin The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life’s essential unfairness. Nancy...
My mom is a big Glenn Beck fan, and almost faithfully watches him everyday at 5:00. Some time ago, she gave me his book, “Common Sense” to read. Well because of about 100 things going on at once in our household, I haven’t been able to read it until now.So...
Today after working indoors I needed to just ‘get out’ and had an idea to take Silas to the airplane park. It was beautiful outside. Miranda agreed and we were off.
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