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 . . . → Read More: from the file marked “stuff my kids teach me”

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 . . . → Read More: Obamamos!

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 . . . → Read More: close the window, calm the light

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 . . . → Read More: we’re getting our act together and going nowhere

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 . . . → Read More: all the news that’s fit to eat