Jake spent the night with Nathan last night, and all five of us went to Tuscumbia for the day. Ivy Green, Helen Keller’s birthplace, was first up. Despite being a lifelong Alabama native, I’d never been. Nathan has been fascinated with Helen Keller since learning about her in school, and he was very excited to … Read more
Lea, Nathan, Nathan’s friend Jake, Aaron, and I spent yesterday afternoon on Rainbow Mountain. It was a beautiful early spring day. The bugs are negligible this early, and the lush carpets of poison ivy have yet to develop. I used to do the loop trail up there without much problem, but it was a haul … Read more
Saw Saintseester yesterday. She’s doing all right. The boys have been out all week, and now a mini-spring break for me is on. We’re going to do some geocaching today. “I am a Republican who very much wanted something like George W. Bush’s Social Security reform to pass. But if Republicans had acted in a … Read more