54 years ago, my parents married on Christmas day. Their friends weren’t doing anything, and everyone had the day off, so it seemed like a reasonable choice. And no one […]

Family is wonderful. There are times when I could spend, oh, entire hours with my family without going crazy. No, really. Contrary to our outward social appearances, Devon and I […]

Author’s note: Below, I tried, and actually succeeded in writing what I was intending to write about. Unfortunately, it’s turned out all inarticulate and rambly [yes, M, that *was* a […]

Happy Centennial, folks! Modulo the +20h time shift, today is the 100th anniversary of when Roald Amundsen, leading Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting became the first […]