A little while back, welfaremom posted a link to an online photo essay, What the World Eats, which consists of 15 photographs of families from around their world and their weekly food. The photos are taken from a book by Peter Menzel called Hungry Planet, and viewing some of them online mesmerized me so much (and some, like the photo of the family in Chad, ( Read more... )

I don't know why I keep dawdling about typing up a detailed report of our vacation. It's not like I'm avoiding anything -- it was all good stuff (except maybe for the flat tire we got on the way to Houston, when we were already running late and both wearing white; but even at the time, that was kind of funny). I just can't focus lately ( Read more... )

We found him a home! Someone from M's office wants him. I'm of course worried about it being a good home, but I realize that sometimes you just need to do the best you can and be okay with it. (That is to say, M's asked questions and is pretty sure puppy will be well taken care of, but I always worry ( Read more... )