• Adventure,  Climbing,  Movies,  Traveling

    Oh Canada!

    After crossing the border into Canada (see the previous post), we headed north past several small towns. Interestingly, many are much cleaner and more affluent in appearance then their counterparts just south of…

  • Books,  Life @ Home

    NaNoWriMo

    November is the National Novel Writing Month, and I thought I’d give it a try this year. In truth, I’d never heard of it prior to this year, but with our busy schedule,…

  • Music

    Music Composition

    I thought I’d do something a little different this time, and post a bit of music I’ve been working on. It’s still pretty rough around the edges and only about half done, but…

  • Traveling

    Homecoming at Wittenberg

    Jess and I disagree slightly about the lyrics to the Simon and Garfunkel tune “Kodachrome.” She favors the “everything looks worse in black and white” version, while I prefer the “better.” Of course…