We’re back from vacation. Some great things about Florida: Real seafood — catching crabs with a net and cooking them, and finding some quality local restaurants Sea kayaking — from our best estimates based on Google Earth, we paddled over 5 miles that day! Walking on the beach and looking for shells (and colorful broken [...]

We got a cat from the Tails humane society in DeKalb. She looks like this: The only problem is, we’re not sure what to name her. Any suggestions? The folks at Tails named her Laverne, which is cool… if you’re someone’s great-grandma. But it’s decidedly uncool for a cat. I want to call her Froofaraw. [...]

I’ve been wordy lately. At Rachel‘s request, I’m finally posting pictures of Sharon and me. We don’t take a lot of pictures of ourselves (we really ought to take more, I know), so these are random shots from a variety of places and times. Niagra Falls (two shots pasted together) Hiking at Grandfather Mountain, TN [...]

Last Sunday (a week ago), I was wrenched awake at 2:30am by the smoke alarm right outside our bedroom. I ran to the sound, not knowing what to expect, and what I found was… nothing. Only the alarm is on a 10-foot ceiling, so I had to find something to stand on in order to [...]