I know most of you are probably wondering why on Earth I felt the need to blog my whole trip – especially in 3 parts. But I have the pictures to share, so I’m doing it. Also, now I’m going to remember it. There are many reasons. But mostly this part is what I wanted [...]

To begin, the promised picture of the Emperor Emeritus as a tiny child: I know that a picture of a picture does not produce a good picture, but I loathe the scanner and couldn’t bring myself to use it. I have to do it eventually but…not yet. I don’t know what my favorite thing about [...]

Saturday morning I woke up with no plan for the day. This turned into a morning spent on family history work. I’ve been working on my father’s side of the family and brought him some census records to see if we could figure out which of these people sharing our last name actually were related [...]

Today I accomplished nothing that I set out to do. And yet, it was a wonderful day. Tomorrow I may need to do extra to make up for it, but that’s okay. The Queen of the Pirates and I spent the better part of the day shopping. I bought a box for greeting cards, some [...]