Pater Familias

Really, the girls can't feel homesick when all around them are the familiar neon signs of their Papa's favorite watering hole. And ...

My SIL emailed before we left, and wrote, "Eat mangosteen until you can't stand the sight of it. Tackle the Taho man when he goes ...

It was a typical morning on our first week on the other side of the globe. Jet lag caused us to be up at 5 a.m., to be done with breakfast ...

My first Christmas with Doug's extended family did not turn out as I expected.  Oh, the Christmas breakfast was all that Doug described ...

Adding fuel to the fire of the language-affects-thought debate . The English language has only one meaning for the first-person plural pron...

It's Saturday (one of the days not named in honor of the Æsir ), so allowed Diane to sleep in (having craftily ensured her alarm-clock ...

I indulge myself at times. Well, yes. Perhaps this is the first time I've indulged in understatement? We were finished with dinner, whe...