Journals of Journeys

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In techno-years, the life expectancy of a hard drive is 63 for laptops and between 80 and 100 for hard drives. In human years, that’s equivalent to 3 years for laptops and 5 for desktops or any hard drive that remains stationary. And yes, […]

Rated 5 out of 5 stars, this website is a “must have” tool in every parent’s arsenal. Thorough, non-biased movie reviews that leave no question as to what your kid will be watching. The first article in a 2-part series.

You might have noticed a few changes on my blog. These, I’ve already learned, may cause it to go wonky now and again. First, I apologize if this should happen when you come to visit and I certainly hope it won’t keep you from returning again. Next, I probably should tell you […]

This morning when I was checking my email, I saw that a few days ago I overlooked one from the California Parks reservation system, Reserve America. With 27-degree weather, wind gusts of over 25 mph and freezing cold rain this past week, the last thing I wanted to think about was camping (especially when […]

I’ve owned a computer since the 90’s (no, not the same one). And in the beginning, I was religious about doing backups, defragging and compressing files. But as time progressed and the expense of the floppies (yep, that’s what we used back in the “dark ages”) grew along with the dust of the unused […]

Aw, hell no.

And what makes it worse, is the boys aren’t out of school until Thursday afternoon. What’s up with that? That makes about as much sense as giving them a week off for “President’s Day” in February followed by another week off in March for spring break and then it’s spring into […]

When we first heard about Kid Nation, we talked about watching it, thinking maybe the boys would learn about cooperation and contributing to the family unit for the better cause.  After all, I’m fed up with having to pick up discarded socks left wherever (you really don’t want to know where I’ve found those grungy […]

He arrived serving a dual purpose: to “replace” the buff Cocker Spaniel who’d passed away the previous month and to keep the Dalmatian company knowing that in another month our hands would be full with the arrival of our twins. The pound thought he was a mix breed and the vet concurred. The […]

When we learned we were expecting twins, I picked up every book I could find about raising them. Two, to be exact. One touted the importance of instilling a schedule. Feed your babies at the same time of day, change their diapers, wake them, put them down for naps and to bed […]

“Baby pink carnations,” his voice catches and the florist, distracted from assembling a burial wreath to service the man, looks up and sees the glint of unshed tears pooling in the corners of his dark chocolate eyes. She nods and steels her gaze away, jotting on the receipt book pad.

“Would you like…”

“With baby’s breath,” […]