Family Life

Last night I went out after dinner to take a photo of the International Space Station as it went overhead. NASA’s website told me when to expect it and what path it would take. I’d been watching the schedule for several days, but overcast skies prevented any actual viewing. Last night was the final opportunity [...]

This photo was from way back in mid-December, when winter was just getting under way. We had a snow storm that made driving very difficult. Most people just stayed home. We weren’t too surprised. After all, we were heading into the dead of winter and you have to expect something like that sooner or later. [...]

When I dug out the driveway last night, my intent was to make sure we could leave this morning to go to church. Before setting out, however, we got a phone call to tell us the morning’s service was canceled. Everybody was still digging themselves out from yesterday’s snowfall. We live on a main street [...]

The snow that started falling yesterday continued all morning. Debbie went grocery shopping and returned declaring the roads quite slippery. The snowfall continued all afternoon. I was feeling under the weather, so to speak, and the actual gloomy weather was all the encouragement I needed to stay inside and have a quiet day. I played [...]

Things at home are slowly returning to normal. Debbie and the boys are recovering from their illness and everybody feels a whole lot better. Everybody except me: I promptly caught the family cold as soon as I got back. I started getting the first tingles a couple of days ago, and by now those twitches [...]