Horseshoe Seven

Over the years, the wife and I have typically spent a chunk of the summer traveling to far-off places, one of the options available to teach...

Sometimes a big spectacle can bring people together in good ways, even if it's just on the TV. You sit around and as the event unfurls,...

Yesterday, for an outing with the wife's father Tom, we headed north from Howard to De Smet, where we cruised around town looking for th...

I think it's back in 2005 that I started this blog without a clear idea of where it might go. I got a lot of fun out of it at first, ha...

 My latest book was The Secret History , by Donna Tartt, which I finished last week--and then took up Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Count...

 I've been reading a wonderful book by Debra Marquart -- The Night We Landed on the Moon.   You can't get much better than this.  It...

 The wife and I are a day away from another visit overseas.  We have enjoyed travel, though preparations can sometimes feel burdensome.  All...