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July 2022

July 20, 2022

Wisdom of the Ages: Email, Jordan Peterson, and a Latte

A visual representation of the souls of my children when they start lecturing me about...

July 15, 2022

And Then We Ate

I did not cook a trifle in Spain, but I cannot upload pictures for some...

July 12, 2018

In Which We Visit the Musuem of the Bible

The children are beginning to haul themselves into consciousness—a long day of wandering around the...

July 11, 2018

What It Takes To Make A Good Museum, A Listicle

We have one more lovely day ahead of us here in fair Virginia. The crepe...

July 09, 2018

Summertime…and the Routine is Totally Gone

It’s the summer and that means we are going to fling ourselves into the car...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

7 More Takes To Traveling With Children

A long time ago I did seven takes to traveling with children--how to get from...

February 22, 2018

An Outing

Well, I've just hauled six children around New York City for a day--for the purpose...

August 2017

August 06, 2017

Notifications

Going to pop away from the grid for another few days. Meant to do Book...

August 01, 2017

What Does It Take To Get Some Rest

[Me sitting in my chair, awake but not working.] So here I am, smack in...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

7 Not Quite Quick Takes

Good Moaning. It's a cool, gray day, up here, how 'bout some Takes. One To...

June 2017

June 02, 2017

Seven Takes to a Fun Summer

It's Friday! That's Takes. This week, seven takes to surviving summer. One You know, because...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

What Should You Take On Your Beach Vacay

[JESUS, take Jesus with you on your beach vacation.] Besides it being the beginning of...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Lent and Anglicanism Podcast and Links

Good Moaning! We have rousted ourselves to do up a scintillating podcast about the ongoing...

February 12, 2017

Why Couldn’t the People of Israel have been Obedient Like Me

Am limping through my briskly paced read-the-bible-in-a-year-and-the-Psalms-twice plan. Have nearly made it out of January...

October 2016

October 22, 2016

Autumnal Notes

For a while now that I've looked out my bedroom window it's been what I...

August 2016

August 05, 2016

7QT: Rambling to the End of the Week

One So, I guess there are olympics this year? Probably not going to be watching...

July 2016

July 05, 2016

Notes from Home

Would you believe it. We totally lived through the last two weeks. I'm not exactly...

July 03, 2016

Notes from the Road: Nearly There

well, nearly to the point where we meet Matt. Only a five hour drive and...

July 02, 2016

Notes from the Road: Public Service Announcement

Munich, North Dakota is charming. Drove past hundreds of miles of beautiful yellow fields and...

July 01, 2016

Notes from the Road: Probably Dead

I actually think I have died and have been consigned to some very particular purgatory...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Notes From the Road: Not Dead Yet

Up the Columbia River Gorge, through Eastern Oregon and into Eastern Washington, and today across...

June 29, 2016

Notes from the Road: Driving East

If it's Wednesday, we must be going to drive somewhere. Pretty sure it's east. Straight...

June 28, 2016

Notes from the Road: Up Very Early

Since yesterday we've *arrived in Portland *been swimming in Lake Oswego *had a boat ride...

June 27, 2016

Notes from the Road: There Is No Bucket List

Matt's been sending me pictures of the garden. So amazing how it just rises up...

June 26, 2016

The Best Kind of News

It might be hard to believe this, but it's been strangely restful over the last...

June 24, 2016

Back to the Road

Wow. Britain voted to leave the EU. Wow. I wish I had the whole day...

June 22, 2016

Fatigue Melts Away

Well, I've had seven cups of tea, and washed away the grime of the car,...

June 21, 2016

The Road Rolls on Forever

Sitting here in the dark listening to a lot of children snoring. Gosh I don't...

June 17, 2016

7 Museum Takes

[Obligatory Picture at the Alamo] One We can officially call this whole holiday a success,...

June 10, 2016

7 Chattering Takes

One I kind of feel like I should never have to write again, having reached...