Well. It’s year-end and not counting this entry, I updated this blog 18 times. How’d I do?  Even though it’s totally cliche, I feel as though it’s also totally appropriate, given today’s date, to highlight the highs and completely ignore…

I’m not a very good story-teller. All too often, I lose the plot part way along, and if there’s ever supposed to be a punchline, I never do justice to the delivery. Usually, my oral stories take one of three…

Whew. What a week it’s been. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in college application nonsense and we’ve finally crossed the threshold of the worst part to the easy part. Feverishly spending hours writing recommendations, school profiles, filling in forms,…