The flag shirts are on!  Let’s grill some food and then blow something up! Grandma and Gichan came over for the food (and to help with another project – more on that later), but left before we blew anything up.  Ane’s friend Katie came over to help with the fireworks – yet another American first […]

The kids think they have a pretty awesome Dad. I think he’s pretty awesome, too. Happy Father’s Day to the Webmaster, and to all the other dads out there!

Have I ever mentioned that we live within easy walking distance of a cemetery?  Our neighborhood is filled with mostly older homes, though we’ve had our share of new construction over the years.  But the cemetery definitely makes for a stabilizing and quiet influence. After 16 years in this house, I decided that it would […]

Memorial Day is upon us (I have no idea how we’ve gotten this far into 2019 already), and Ane and I are making plans to walk over to the cemetery not far from our house for their service on Monday. Which reminded me of a couple of years ago, when we went to the Memorial […]