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Laura and I got back from MIT late last night and left this morning to fly to Amarillo, Texas. I remember the first time I made this flight to meet my husband’s family, when I looked out on that barren tableland, and asked God why He couldn’t have made me fall in love with someone … Read more
We’ve been to this wonderful program for high schoolers for many years now. In fact this is my 12th consecutive year, among my three children; next year will be my last. For the most recent eight years we’ve stayed in a hotel on Kendall Square with a family that comes up to this from Florida; … Read more
Of the four colleges our daughter looked at in the last two days, her other favorite was Olin College of Engineering. (I’ve discussed this place a few times on this blog already since her brother was enamored by it as well.) Getting in here is a very long shot for anyone since they only take … Read more
It is early on in the college search process for our youngest who is in 11th grade. She is considering either Physics or Engineering and has already looked at some schools where she will probably apply. On our way to her annual SPLASH program at MIT we are doing a whirlwind tour of four colleges, … Read more
The Nightmare or the Dream Last night I had a nightmare: income inequality had gotten so bad in this country that there was rampant anarchy. The governmental system was so mistrusted and corrupt that the infrastructure of our cities couldn’t be maintained and they crumbled dealing with surging floods, soaring temperatures wildly stronger storms, and … Read more
A friend of mine on Facebook evaluates SAT essays professionally. I have been fascinated to learn from him how little time each essay gets; it is less than two minutes of consideration for each one, if I remember correctly. Anyway, yesterday he posted that he had just gotten done scoring 500 essays on the topic … Read more
Toward a “Both/And” World Sometimes we get so fused up over something being either/or when it can easily be both/and. Our son couldn’t decide between Political Science or Engineering so he’s double majoring. Whatever he does in his future he’ll benefit from what he learns in each. Churches struggle with a clash of concepts … Read more
My article titled “Waging Peace” is running today in the Christian Science Monitor’s religious column. Click here to read it online. It is always an honor to be published in this excellent international daily newspaper, but it was an additional thrill to have my article chosen to be printed in the weekly print edition as … Read more
Recently, we took my 12 year old SAAB in for service only to find out that it needed more repair than the car was worth. This car has been wonderful for us, and other than the service light giving us warning, we had no idea that it was ailing. It still seemed in good shape … Read more
Here are some photos from my mom’s memorial weekend. We also got some other great photos, including several great group photos of the whole family
Today we had a wonderful memorial service for my mother in Ann Arbor, Michigan, held in a lovely room at the University of Michigan League, with
We had a nice weekend visiting our son during Swarthmore’s Parent’s Weekend. We stayed for the first time in an accommodation we got off of AirBnB, which…
My long-time blog readers know that Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy is one of my all-time favorite books. I thought you might like to
Our son has legally changed his last name– which was the same as his father’s– to my grandmother’s maiden name. He had thought about it for years, and a few weeks ago
I was six on a trip out west with my family. As the youngest, I was standing on the picnic table bench facing the ponderosa pines as my father cooked the meat. Savory smells were
I drove our son to Swarthmore today, where he will start his sophomore year in college. He was excited to be back and I’m very grateful he loves this place so much. He is pursuing a double major in engineering and political science, and this fall will be taking mostly engineering requirements, with a hard … Read more
We had a nice time today with our son as he turned nineteen. He has grown up a lot and we are very proud of the progress he is making. We celebrated with our usual birthday cookies and Andrew set a new high standard on an awesome job frosting his large cookie (see below.) … Read more