The NY Times Review of Books

We made the New York Times Review of Books yesterday! Not for Paul’s gripping blog posts, but to illustrate a journal entry from local-boy-made-good, H.D. Thoreau. Personally my favorite book in the Thoreau universe is Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson, but then again, the illustrator didn’t use one of my lady slipper [...]

Cameron Comes on in Relief

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Originally uploaded by Paul-W

Today was the first game of the Diamondbacks-Nationals best-2-out-of-3 playoff series in the Mlrose Bbe Ruth League. Cam’s Diamondbacks took a 2 run lead in the top of the first, but the Nationals quickly loaded the bases in the bottom of the first, mostly on walks. Somewhat surprisingly, [...]

Hornet Hustle 5K Race

Duncan ran the Hornet Hustle 5K Race this morning in about a 25 minute time (still waiting the official word). He was on track for a faster time (~23′ ?) but became ill going up the last hill. Kindly observers gave him water to wash out his mouth and he rested a couple minutes before [...]