Here's my sometimes strange, but certainly full last 7 days ( Read more... )

So K went with me down to Robber's Cave today to retrieve some good flat rocks for the cairn. Excellent flat rocks, and a beautiful day. I will post a pic of the cairn next week. Their big fall festival is this weekend and I was very glad to just miss the big crowd. Preston and I visited there quite a lot over time, though the last time he visited ( Read more... )

So yes, yesterday just sucked and I spewed all over here. Today feels better. I have no idea why, it's just like that. I feel strong enough today to make the decision not to obsess about it being a Friday. I can't let myself relive every Friday like it was two weeks ago. Two weeks? In the same breath I think "that's all?" and "only two?" Strangely ( Read more... )

Fifth grade started at a new school, a prgressive new idea new school. In that "new math" way, this grade school was supposed to be the wave of the future. I've never seen another built like it. But then, non child bearing, non teachers, how much do we see the inside of a grade school anyway ( Read more... )

Somewhere in the summer of '07 we heard the news that Preston's mother had died. I had never met the woman, and Preston hadn't seen her since he was 17. Let's just say they didn't get along ( Read more... )

I visited my father yesterday in Ft. Smith. It was a good visit I'm happy to say. That hasn't always been true with my father, but age and living through mistakes have seemed to mellow him a bit ( Read more... )