06 July 2018


  1. Bowling. I'm getting better. Not that the bar was very high to begin with.
  2. Seeing my daughter have so much fun at the barn. She's happy just to be helping. She mucked stalls, cleaned tack, turned out and bathed horses. Genki desu.
  3. Showing our oldest Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I have issues with the underlying themes of that movie (never read the manga), but it's still fun. And lots of fun to watch my son watch it.

05 July 2018

04 July 2018


  1. Releasing silkworm moths into the wild.
  2. A nice walk on a cool morning.
  3. Writing again.

03 July 2018


  1. Going on safari with the family.
  2. Eating at a favorite restaurant that is two hours from home, so it's a rare treat to eat there.
  3. Beautiful weather.

02 July 2018

Paris Edition


  1. Business class
  2. The generosity of old friends
  3. Ice cream on hot days
  4. Bread, butter, frites, ramen . . . so much great food
  5. Having locals tell me my French is pretty good
  6. Navigating the Metro
  7. Nike of Samothrace
  8. Versailles
  9. Sweet little (air conditioned!) hotel rooms with skylights over the bed
  10. Rosaries*
  11. Gorgeous views
  12. Surviving stairs . . . so many stairs . . .
  13. Watching home improvement shows in French
  14. Coming home


In short, a fabulous trip. But exhausting!

*I buy a rosary every time I visit a cathedral. I guess I collect them, more or less. This time I bought one at Notre Dame and one at Sacré-Coeur.