Hell’s Half Acre

The Epic of Gilgamesh is not something to blithely stumble into and start reading various translations of willy-nilly. I’d read some reports of “safe” and “toned down” translations on a homeschool board I frequent, but figured those moms were probably somewhat uptight and that we didn’t really need to sanitize the oldest story in [...]

My friend in Merida, Ellen, has either coined a cunning term, Obamamos, or heard it somewhere else, but it is absolutely perfect and I LOVE it!
We (obviously) listened to the events today.  We don’t have TV but we can get photos over the internet (no streaming video though) and have satellite radio, so between NPR’s [...]

You know, I started a post in my head last night, as I was falling asleep, and it was witty and funny and you really shoudda have been there.
Gawds, I really wish you had been because I’ve got NOTHING here.  Still no word from the employment place and I need a real kick in the [...]

We’ve been bizzy little beavers the last couple days – actually *I* have been a bizzy little beaver – and we’re starting to get back into a groove again.  One thing the boys identified that they wanted changed was more of a structure to life.  After eons of spontaneous life I’m actually beginning to enjoy [...]

Its been a quiet week here on the edge of the jungle, but we’ve got a lot cooking on the backstove.  I have progressed from shuffling to hobbling and now just have a slight limp.  I started doing rehab exercises and today began strengthening exercises.  Yesterday I got so sick of my moaning and groaning [...]