This little guy comes with two miniature brushes that sweep from front to back when you roll it along, pushing dust, debris, and eraser fallout into the back compartment. It’s brilliant! Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anywhere online to order new ones (it’s made by “Midori” of Japan–you can guess how many companies have that name!). …
Nine of us set out on a small rented sailboat from Santa Barbara harbor yesterday. We prayed together, then scattered James’ ashes at sea, along with white roses and multi-colored petals. Val’s sister joined us from Australia, as well as my sister, friend and skipper Justin, his wife Rachel, cousin Betsy, and my parents. It …
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. -John Muir Click to enlarge Just spent some much needed time away in a truly stunningly beautiful place only six hours drive from home and to which I had …
Last week snow settled into the stripes of the Topa Topa mountains above our house, and further up the canyon dusted all the trees. Then a few days of sunshine. And last night the rain came down by the bucketful. It has been surreal, the fact that the world goes on from here–and us with …
James Valentine Peake was born on Tuesday, January 24th by emergency Caesarian section. He lived only three days, and died in my arms on Friday, January 27th. He was surrounded by the love of his family. He went peacefully without struggle or pain, and looked ever more beautiful as he was leaving our world. Even …
I couldn’t resist. Here is your opportunity to generate names for my child that will give him or her the initials PHP. [Update: I broke it by turning on archiving in the blog and am too lazy to fix it. But the source (below) still works. Honest]
