Mind Flush

She's five now, can you believe it? Yeah, me neither. Less than 10 years left until I can send her away to boarding school!

"Do you remember Bill from when we go to Mom-Mom's house for Thanksgiving or Easter?" Of course! He's the old guy who tri...

Listening to Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child , we heard a version of "Toyland" by Dan Wilson. Liza misheard the lyrics, and she w...

Liza has to decorate a cardboard letter "z" with pictures of things that start with z. We're doing random google image search...

And for once, I'm not talking about the kid. Shawls are usually so jammed up on the needles that it's next to impossible to see the ...

Me : Did you know that if we had our Wii hooked up to a highspeed internet connection, we could stream Netflix movies on it? Jason : Do al...

Congratulations to my parents, who, after years of putting up with the old equipment, have finally committed to buying a new stove and oven....

There's something so cheerful about the sudden influx of summer toys into the yard, their gaudy plastic colors such a contrast against t...

Last weekend we went to the zoo for my training walk, and Jason and Liza cruised the exhibits while I walked circles around them (literally ...

The botanical garden may not be huge, but they manage to make the most of the space. Lots of impact in a little place: The benefit of havin...

The Wisteria-fu, it is strong in this one: Aww, shucks!

Live streaming of MST3K , 24/7. Oh, my goodness. Now I have something to watch when Jason goes out of town on business trips!

Boy, I sure am getting a lot of nothing done now that the weather is (at least sporadically) better. Liza has been spending hours and hours...

Layer, in order: naan-like flatbread, heated for 15 seconds in the microwave to make it softer drizzle of parmesan ranch salad dressing thre...

This is the yarn she picked for her birthday socks. Not only does it match absolutely everything in her wardrobe, it's also the exact s...

I'm writing to inform you of what I believe to be an error in your planning of the weather for this week, which is in mid-April, in case...

But it's extremely handy when you're walking forever and ever and see things you'd like to photograph but are too lazy to drag a...

Mantra of the playground today: "Look what I can do!"

She saw me writing limericks and wanted to write a poem of her own, and this is what she came up with. At least it was easier for me to hel...

Yesterday I took a loooooong training walk in the Metropark, and I was delighted to see that the wildflowers are starting to make an appear...