J's blog

Stanislaw Lem has died. Another sad day has ended. My personal favorite? Memiors found in a bathtub

We decided to stay an extra day, to take the kids to White Sands. It also allowed us to split the trip back into two days — a vast improvement over the trip out. And Grace got to do sledding, without that awful cold that was always involved when I was a child. Lucky girl! [...]

So, Cy and I played a full 18 holes together today. Having never played the back 9 before, we were both pretty amazed when I parred hole 10. And, to make my revenge complete, it needs to be noted that I outdrove him on 15 of the 18 holes. Oh, and we took Grace for [...]

Why did we go to the mountains for spring break? To let Grace play in the snow! So, this morning, we joined up with Cy’s sister’s family, and caravanned mostly up the mountain. Several miles into the 12-mile trip up, Cy started feeling odd. He had just taken his blood pressure medication, so I told [...]

So, we went golfing today. Actually, I caught up with Cy on the 10th hole, where we had to play from the red tees, because a wedding was taking place on the gold tee box there. Nice set-up. Then, we play the back nine, and as we’re driving back to the car from the 18th [...]