Family Life

I’ve been kind of lazy in sorting through all our photos. The result is that I have a backlog going back to the end of the summer. There’s Daniel starting school, a couple of birthdays, Christmas, and a whole lot in between. The problem with letting things build up like that is that sorting through [...]

We’ve spent all summer watching the hedge grow up and out. It has been the kind of thing that inspires the following conversation: – “We should really trim the hedge.” – “Mm hmm. It’s getting a bit long, isn’t it.” – “This weekend, then?” – “No, we’re busy.” And so the weeks pass. Spring was [...]

This afternoon we went to the local Swiss National Day celebrations. We go every year, eating lunch on the grass in the shade of a tree, balancing paper plates on our knees, striving to keep offspring (three now!) from wandering off into the crowd. There’s a stage and rows of chairs set up in a [...]

We went to a wedding today. Rolf, a young guy I’ve known for twenty years, married Irene, a Chinese girl. It was a hot day. An interesting and somewhat unusual day. A very relaxing day. First the relaxing part. The wedding was at 1pm, the reception was at six-ish, and we eventually got home after [...]

Here’s this boat, loaded with tourists, engine running at high power to hold it against the current, at the foot of Niagara Falls. The passengers are getting soaked. I wonder if they can see the beautiful double bow from down there. I spent the day at Niagara Falls. Beautiful weather. Hot, sunny, clear. A gorgeous [...]