Swimming in the Pensieve

A little less than four years ago, we entrusted our second-eldest daughter to the California Academy of Mathematics and Science, hosted (reasonably so, that is) by the California State University at Dominguez Hills. (more…)

Despite picking up hundreds of hits to the top-level page of the site, this has been a depressing day.

Nothing more to say about that…just venting a bit.

Get out and vote for David Barton, for LBUSD’s school board tomorrow.

We had a bit of a birthday party in the backyard, yesterday, for daughter #5.

At some point during the festivities daughter #4 instigated a turn in the flow of conversation; which I didn’t hear, but clarified after the fact. It was something that was substantially similar to a verbal exchange that took place a few months back; upon which, since I have a greater familiarity with the earlier event, I’ll base my comments. (more…)

Don’t give me any grief over this, because the present situation with the phone lines is giving me more than my government-mandated ration of grief as it is. OK?

Pardon me while I pseudo-pout
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I’m currently working on images for Bill’s website, but an eMail just came in from my two youngest daughters’ CAliVA teacher, Lisa Watson.

At first glance, most of it seems to be self-evident; but, I’ve been told, we operate a bit differently than most folks; so, after some Pooh-Bear styled thinking, it now strikes me as being worth sharing with y’all. (more…)

When last I graced this page with the “written” word, we still had our broadband pipe to the international playground and information sharing venue called the Internet. We lost that on the 23^rd of November, at the very end of a couple prior weeks of frenzied packing and “pre-moving” activities. Things really got going (downhill) on Thanksgiving Day; which was our official day to take possession of the premisis. My back is still protesting the indignity of it all, and I’m currently sporting a shoulder which will, thanks to a sofa-related incident, never be what it once was. :::SIGH::: My Dad warned me about things like this. (more…)

We had our second face2face with our CAliVA teacher today. Despite my disorganization because of the move, she had no complaints. (more…)

Even though being in a new house is a good thing, moving is a drag.

For us, as a family with five children still at home, space has been a major issue ever since we were given custody of the eldest three of the five. It has–literally–been years of sacrifice and compromise. (more…)