Follow these directions: Select any three digit number such that the hundreds digit is at least two greater than the units digit. (For example: 672) Call this number w. Reverse the digits of w. (For example: 276) Call this number x. Subtract x from w. Call this remainder y. Reverse the digits of y. Call […]
Last night wind rattled the blinds covering wide open windows, and then the sky lit and the thunder clapped and by gosh if we didnÃt have an old- fashioned midwestern storm. However, it didnÃt last long, not even waiting for me to fall asleep. This morning the air is damp and much cooler, but I […]
Matt and his cousin, Emma, taken Easter Day. View larger image
ItÃs 4:30 AM, Matt and Diane are fast asleep, my truck is packed and IÃm about to jump in and drive to Indiana (Peter Finlay refers to all those interior states as ìSomewhere in the middle.î) to visit my parents. A planned trip that follows my sisterÃs visit where she was able to provide comfort […]
ItÃs 4:30 AM, Matt and Diane are fast asleep, my truck is packed and IÃm about to jump in and drive to Indiana (Peter Finlay refers to all those interior states as ìSomewhere in the middle.î) to visit my parents. A planned trip that follows my sisterÃs visit where she was able to provide comfort […]
Hil at one with her mom and her older sister, Laura. The Big Picture Hil at four. The Big Picture
An observant reader sent me this link to compare with the the sandy toes picture below. She asked, “Separated at birth?” My crop of this photo prompted Diane to say, “My God, it looks like they set her out to sea.” View larger image In many ways, those first days at school are not unlike […]
This week’s mystery child. Who is she? View Entire Image Diane’s birthday dinner at the Hopkins. The Big Picture
Closer Look
Closer Look
Thin How anything is known is so thin- a skin of ice over a pond only birds might confidently walk upon. A bird’s worth of weight or one bird-weight of Wordsworth. Kay Ryan Subway Seethe What could have been the big to-do that caused him to push me aside on that platform? Was a woman […]
There are many more on this Finlay wall, but this is all I could capture in a single pic. Huge View After we (inlcuding Patti’s long time friend, Sally) finished hanging new pictures on this wall, Emma ran to her room to retrieve her favorite photo of her mother.