I’m working on a big project right now, attempting to meet a big deadline. This means I’m randomly clicking around and looking up things like compost bins while I think through what I need to do next. Here’s my randomstance hit of the day: John William HARGER CCT, Friday, 13 Jan 1967 KOSCIUSKO – Services [...]

They said they were going on Safari, for which evidently the only equipment required is a pair of binoculars, known around here as a “close up camera.” That’s what Dusty called it when he was their age anyway. No matter that Dusty is 25 now. Some things your family will never let you outgrow. I [...]

When my nieces were little, they created “The Cuz Club” and held regular meetings at my parents’ house. The effort was spearheaded by Jessica, who appointed the officers every year and somehow always ended up as president. It seems inevitable now that she has become a lawyer, having conceived the notion of familial political action [...]

Tradition is a fluid process, not a fixed point. And so it is that we put away the remnants of another Christmas past, burdened by our efforts to please both tradition and present reality. The one sure thing about family is that it changes. The bigger the family, the more rapid the change. Deaths, births, [...]