Connor and Helen Grow Up

Dear Connor, Oh boy, do I have some explaining to do. Seems as if my hiatus from monthly letters for you has been even longer than for you...

Some morning last week, Connor crawled into my bed and announced that the boy scouts were having a banquet, and I was invited. I told him I ...

Elaine

A week before St. Patrick's Day, I suggested to Ed that we do something funny for the kids to mark the event. Since leprechauns don'...

A couple of years ago, I spent the day double-digging my very large vegetable garden, with only the taste of all those fresh veggies as moti...

The previous owner of our home is an opera singer. When an addition was built onto the home, he needed a practice space, so he had a fairly ...

I learned a very important parenting lesson when Helen was 2. Another parent was cool as a cucumber when Helen laid a kiss on his baby and r...

Dear Helen, Someday, I suspect you will start going through this blog, and realize that I used to be quite good at writing monthly updates...

Connor has been learning about famous Americans at school, and among these are several Presidents. It got Connor to thinking about elections...

I dream about the day my children discover how they're going to make their mark on the world. I'm hopeful that they'll leave thi...