You Belong in Dublin Friendly and down to earth, you want to enjoy Europe without snobbery or pretensions. You’re the perfect person to go wild on a pub crawl… or enjoy a quiet bike ride through the old part of town. What European City Do You Belong In? I would enjoy a good pub crawl […]

Please go over to Every Waking Hour and read about the beautiful Irish song Grace. There is a detailed explanation of the story behind the song and an introduction to the Irish poet Joseph Mary Plunkett and his tragic end. HT: Alice

Kevin has developed a fondness for a Baby Einstein book that features one animal per page with a list of facts about that animal. He could care less about the facts, he wants to hear what each animal “says”. This is not difficult for the cow and the duck but could someone tell me what […]

The blog time has been non-existent this past week. Let me update you on what we are doing. The children have finished up school, taken their required standardized tests (done very well too) and are now basking in the freedom of a non-school schedule. It is also time for the various activities that they are […]

I knew that pregnant women suffer more in the summer, that the heat is much harder to take. I knew that intellectually the same way I know an internal combustion engine powers my van and that chlorophyl makes plants green. What I did not know… IS HOW HOT IT IS WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT. Good […]