So I'm really, really behind on my blog posts...  I sort of let my personal blog die as I've been focused on a bunch of other things recently; however, I really dropped the ball

More

Chicken Lily Nina's most recent book is getting released in March by Henry Holt.  I'm biased of course, but that doesn't change the fact that the art is brilliant and the story is really lovely.  Looking

More

I think this Spring and Summer are going to be very nice indeed. A very hard, cold, snowy, and long winter has got the whole family very excited about warmer weather... In the last

More

During the holiday season I pretty much stayed away from the blog (and anything else not work or directly-family related) and spent my time either trying to wrap up 2013 at work or getting

More

Over the last 8+ years (since we've moved into our current home) we've been continuously acquiring things. I think it happens to most families (at least in this country) - you buy things, you

More

Growing up in Pennsylvania we didn't really make a big deal about a state fair. I don't actually know if PA even has one - I know that they have a big Agricultural fair

More

Family trip to Chicago - I don't suspect that anyone out there is going to care to read about a family vacation to Chicago, but this is a personal exercise on blogging and trying to

More

Got a chance to head out on the canoe with the girls yesterday - had a great time on the water. Ended up catching like 30+ fish and that kept things fun for

More

Easy Deviled Crab - I really like crab and I remember my mother making this in large clam shells particularly after a trip to the shore.  We usually did some crabbing when we went

More

OK - this one's an actual family secret (I think)...  These are beans that my grandmother used to make and this is what I thought all 'baked beans' tasted like.  Nothing against Bush's, but

More