I watch the broadcast of the Christmas Midnight Mass from Rome every year even though I am not a Christian and we celebrate Christmas as a purely secular holiday. I got started doing that when my son was a baby … Continue reading →

My birthday. Among other things. (Huh… editing the entry makes the link not change to a different color any more. I wonder why that is?) Although I considered the whole trip to be a birthday present, F’zer also got me … Continue reading →

This was our day for un-packaged travel. After the standard-issue buffet breakfast (this was the last such thing included in our package) we headed off to Meteor Crater, about 65 miles east of Williams. This is a place I’d wanted … Continue reading →

Williams, Arizona to the Grand Canyon and back The package tour. OK, so we were real live tourists! 🙂 The company that owns the train (and the hotel, and the depot) goes to a reasonable amount of effort to make … Continue reading →

From Los Angeles to Williams, Arizona. We got off only half an hour later than I had hoped, which for this family is nothing short of remarkable. The weather report mentioned storms, and we’d had a bit of rain here … Continue reading →

She’s a bit wobbly, and her brother is a bit sulky, but she’s home. She made a dramatic comeback over the weekend.   The vet still doesn’t know what happened to her, and about all we can do now is … Continue reading →