Lately we’ve gotten ourselves on a rocketing kick.  Yes, it’s hot. Yes, it’s been humid. Yes, I have sons. It’s also super pretty when the clouds are up and the rockets are out. This is Lambert Park. For those of you who’ve visited Tucson proper, this view of the Santa Catalina mountains may be a bit befuddling. We’re north of Tucson, now, just past the border of Oro Valley. The top pic is taken facing nearly...

A few weeks ago, before the latest onslaught, we were in San Diego. Thing 1, looking contemplative below with his grandpa photographer, had determined that he wanted to go fishing. Now I like fishing, but I know next to nothing about it. So we got an inexpensive pole (which I was fairly certain wouldn’t be strong enough), a few weights, we read a (useless?) website or two, procured some frozen squid (mmmmm) the night before we headed out,...

Part of our trip to San Diego was to visit the USS Midway, an aircraft city, I mean carrier. Um. It’s big. The Things loved it—partly because they got to pilot immovable objects. However, on the movable object side of things, you may notice Thing 2 in the above picture walking away from Grandpa Photog, Daddy, and Thing 1. That was a theme for the weekend. Here, let me give you a heart attack. See Thing 2 at the 4th of July Padres...

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I read books illustrated by Gorey when I was a kid, but never knew there was a name for the little buggers. Well, now some genius came along and took the alphabet book idea one step further. So, for all you Lost-slash-Gorey fans, here’s some extra cool...

A wonderful-timing-thank-you from Christine. I have the BEST former students! Hugs CW!