Like nomads, but with more stuff

  #25. I m grateful for the COVID vaccine. I would never have volunteered to wade into tents filled with thousands of evacuees – nor take t...

 #21.  In a very generalistic, vague picture of reality, I'll explain that most of my days are spent trying to teach, coach and convince...

 #16. I am grateful for all the luck in my life.  My socio-economic background, skin color, and education level - none of which are things I...

 #14. I am grateful for the garden.  As I blanch the last of this year's kale, I remember the well-loved line from Blueberries for Sal ...

 #10:  The kids. I am not at all the same person I was before they were born – mostly for the better. They challenge me and push my out of...

 #8: Today I am grateful for daylight savings time. I know that isn't popular, but I much prefer Alex biking to school in daylight than ...

 So I guess this is how it's going to be this year.  Sigh. Gratitude #5:  My health. Really. It’s a trope in my house that I don’t get s...

 I love November gratitude. We should all be doing it every day of the year but at least it's an effort. It really does make life a bit ...

 Things felt relatively normal this year - fewer than half the kids wearing masks and a sense that kids weren't being kept at home due t...

Last night the aurora was so strong and so high we caught a shot of it from our back yard.  We live relatively close to the downtown area, s...