Death and Destruction, Hope at Home

I hate war. This site keeps a running tally of Casualties and Fatalities in Iraq — not just U.S. and other foreigners, also civilians and Iraqi forces. I don’t have a solution for this mess — we all saw it coming, but protests were useless. And what little I have and do will never heal […]


G’s Favorite Author and A Lovely Evening

I am SO bummed out. We just missed seeing Rick Riordan on his visit to Seattle. G has been reading the Percy Jackson books to me, and finished the second book last night on our drive to Seattle (next paragraph). So this morning I hop online to see if the next book is out — […]


An interesting parenting question

Here is the origin and inspiration of this thread… Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Smart Dad, Stupid Dad What makes for effective parents? Is it the opportunities they give their children? The information or values they impart? The sense of being loved? The security of place or status? I suspect we all know people (maybe even […]


Sometimes there are no answers

Today a horrific shooting at a university in Virginia… dozens dead and wounded. Pre-teen children have been in the news recently for doing sex acts in front of their classmates when the teacher was out of the room. People setting fires to homes in the wee hours of the mornings, children dying in their beds. […]


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