Stratego aesthetics destroyed; pennies saved

Remember how cool Stratego pieces used to be? The silver-on-blue and gold-on-red tiles were pretty nifty, weren’t they? Well, now you have to peel stickers and put them on all 80 pieces: I still have my set from when I was little, with all of the silver-on-blue and gold-on-red pieces as God intended, in the … Read more

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Lea and I (mostly Lea; thank you, dear) planned our annual trip to Gulf Shores today. We like to go just outside of peak times, and this is the last opportunity we’ll have to do so for quite some time. Nathan starts kindergarten this fall, so soon we’ll be at the mercy of the school … Read more

It’s a good day

Well, it’s mostly over for us, but it was a quite a storm or two this morning and afternoon. My rain gauge is sitting at 2.64″ since midnight, which is one hell of a lot of rain. We had about five minutes of hail this morning, too–mostly peas, but a few marbles. Good luck to … Read more

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