• Christmas Scenes: Kicked Outside

      After the kidlets opened presents on Christmas morning and played for a bit while we cleaned up the crazy wrapping paper commotion, I started doing a little cooking, and we kicked all the kidlets outside.  We didn’t try to do any offsite sledding this year because it would have…

  • What I Learned in December

    An astounding number of casualties in the United States armed services during World War II were the result of simple accidents:  in training, in combat, from equipment failure or lack of careful planning.   I learned to beware of the plow grade at the end of my driveway.  It’s large.  And evil.…