No, we’re not switching the theme of the website. Lloyd was going to do some work on the website over the long weekend (as well as, he insisted, some yard work). But instead we’re going to Missouri. Lloyd’s dad had a heart attack. He’s doing okay right now, but Lloyd is pretty close to being [...]
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Sympathy Card
October 7, 2011
I have the best faculty in the world. Yesterday, the day after Steve Jobs passed away, this card was in my mailbox: Matt Haden also posted a facebook photo.
Goodbye, Steve.
October 5, 2011
Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple computer, has passed away. Lloyd’s asleep as I write this. He doesn’t even know yet, and I can’t bear to wake him with such sad news, so I got his clothes ready for tomorrow. Thanks for all the cool gadgets, Steve. I confess that I got a little teary [...]
No greater fear
August 31, 2011
School was a little odd today. We’ve had some construction going on in the alley the past couple of days which has been super-interesting to watch. I now know what is under a manhole cover in the street! The workers dug down to the sewer pipe and then built a little concrete room around it. [...]
Ker-smash
June 21, 2011
Remember when we bought all that music at the auction? Well, a terrible thing happened to Lloyd when we unloaded it at school: as he was getting out of my truck, he dropped his iPhone. This was indeed a tragedy, not for the loss of function since it’s the backside that cracked; but for the [...]
And then there were none.
May 17, 2011
Warning: This post is very, very sad if you are me. So, those dumb robins that I fell in love with? They’re all gone, dangit. I only blame myself for three of their deaths, though. If you remember the hailstorm, which I stupidly went out to protect them from rocks falling from the sky, well [...]


November 24, 2011
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