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Once again, I have been MIA for several weeks. I blame some hairy computer problems, which have started in Feb, and continue to morph in unexpected ways and move around the home network. And the graduation from High School of #1 son, combined with the 16th birthday of #2 son. More on those events later. […]

Once again, we learn the dangers involved in dog naming. Poor Havoc was named for the quote from Henry V about let slipping the dogs. And he is a dog who slips. He has beautifully long, poodle legs. And an almost perpetual limp from tripping over his own feet, and yanking us off balance trying […]

According to the livejournal site, it has been 10 weeks. I feel like I’m in confession. Sorry. But I have finished two books in that time. And then revised them both. So. Working. But books #2 an#8 in the Regency Silk and Scandals Historical continuity will be coming to you some time in 2010. It […]

It is Destination Imagination season, again. And we are off to an extremely slow start. The annual explanation, for the uninitiated: Destination Imagination is an extra curricular activity for kids that involves problem solving challenges. Teams of seven or less are required to complete a defined task, like building a weight bearing structure from wood, […]

I’ve spent the last week doing taxes, and an assortment of financial aid forms, preparing for #1 Son to go away to college, next fall. He is currently 1 for 3 on college acceptances. So far, we know he can be a Badger. But he is kind of hoping to be a Wolverine. I will […]