Echobaby

Its after midnight and I have been up for 21 hours without sleep.  I am sure this is why I lost $6 at the 1c slot machines and I smell like ...

This afternoon I went down to the strip.   It was so hot outside that the soles of my shoes became tacky on the asphalt.   When I smiled,...

I know we are very Seattle people now, Josh embodies the NW idiom of wearing fleece all year or going out in a t-shirt in winter, but jolly ...

I did a writing course years ago and the only thing I can remember from it is that every good story follows the cycle of conflict, crisis an...

Mervyn (Shannon's Grandfather) canoeing in France in 1938 Today, in  Seattle , we went canoeing:  Shannon  steering at the back and ...

What struck me when I arrived in Seattle was how much Wren and Frost have grown. Several times during the first day Wren held up his five fi...

I like Minecraft because you can build really cool things.  You can build iron swords, axes and stuff and also you can do this.  You might n...

I have been trying to write a blog while Mum and I slouch on the couch watching an old version of Jane Austen's "Emma". ...

I wonder how many of our children are going to have the memory of a childhood home like I do?  I lived in the same house from when I was 5 u...

When did life get so busy that we don't have time to peel an orange? This morning, while catching up on the overnight developments in ...