We have this recipe for Flax Muffins that I have making for years now. My mom found the recipe and gave it me with her own tips for how to make good muffins with it, and I’ve picked up a few tricks along the way as well. These aren’t suppose to be good, [...]

I built a gnome tree house for Owen. Check out the post here on his all new blog. You might check out his new blog at the same time. I only have a handful of posts from the old one over there so far, but in time I will bring them all [...]

Clinton vows to fight “insulting” abortion planAbortion Proposal Sets Condition on AidThis bill will potentially limit birth control options and emergency contraception, especially for poor women, which will lead to more abortions and unwanted pregnancies. This is the perfect example of why church and state need to remain separate. If some people don’t [...]

Our Weekend
Saturday, Diane and Mike came over and we went to Cassettas for lunch to celebrate Diane’s birthday. Then later we went over to the Sutters, met new people with kids that Owen played with like crazy, ate tons and tons of food, and burned brush. Sunday, we got up too late to [...]

Well, not quite. Just give me that ritual and the community and I’ll be happy. James and I attended our neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday morning. It’s been described by some as “religion for atheists with children”, but that is not entirely accurate. Not every UU member is an atheist [...]

Today when we went out to get into our car, I looked down the row of garages and saw this;

Thankfully it wasn’t our garage, and our garage wasn’t one of the ones attached to this unit either. I guess what happened is that at 3:00 am someone who was apparently drunk, backed into the [...]