Blood and Guts Tour Part 3 During our adventure to France, I decide to take Richard and Travis to Normandy, so that we could see Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery. I consulted brochures at the hotel, and found a… Read More ›
Family
The Colors in a Candlestick
My father was unusual amongst the other fathers of my day. For one thing, he was six feet tall, which for a child of Jewish immigrants was very tall. He towered over most of his peers. He was an accidental… Read More ›
Geokittehs
My daughter is Dr.Evelyn Mervine Gauntlett. She graduated from MIT. She writes a very nice science blog here. Eveyn is a very fun world travelling scientist. However, she laments that while she is known for her geology blog, including her… Read More ›
Beaver War! (or those DAM beavers!)
The title of the blog post may confuse people. Just to be clear, this isn’t about the “Republican War on Women.” This blog post is about the war on beavers, the tree cutting down, endlessly busy engineers that inhabit the… Read More ›
An American Teen at Versailles
More on the “Blood and Guts” tour: Another site that is high on the bucket list of Parisian must-see places is the Palace of Versailles. While visiting an enormous building filled with paintings and gilt furniture might not seem related… Read More ›
The Blood and Guts Tour – Part 1: France
A few years ago, I decided to take my sons on an educational trip of Paris. Okay, I like Paris – the cafes, the food, the architecture – but I knew it was important to get them out of their… Read More ›
Thank you London, a lesson in “Keep Calm and Carry On”
My husband has a job in which he often travels to Europe. One of the best perks of his job is being able to live for a bit in Brussels, and also bringing the children on frequent trips to Europe…. Read More ›
Concrete and Feathers; Engineers and Artists
My husband, aka “Pool Boy” and I were recently horrified to discover, when checking on our lake cabin, that the supports for the dock were not safe. We knew that unless we switched all our friends to anorexic super models,… Read More ›
Husbands and Wives and Bears, O My!
My husband and I met when we were very young. I was 17, he was 18. Over the following years we dated and kept in touch. Eventually we did what we always knew we would. We got married. Problem is,… Read More ›
My Grandfather, a First World War Vet
My Papa served in World War I as a teenager. Oakley George Baker was born in Louisiana in 1899, son of poor farmers, left school in the third grade, joined the Army for a year, was married, raised a family,… Read More ›
Two Different Girls 