The days are JUST packed

A few weeks ago, I walked into preschool to pick up Elizabeth, and one of the teachers started laughing and said, "Oh mama, do I have a...

So. . .  we've survived the summer, mostly. It's still stupidly hot. Yesterday afternoon I came up with the brilliant plan of going ...

I had dinner last night with my cousin-in-law, and he and I had a discussion about how the older we get the less patience we have for stupid...

Yesterday something amazing happened in Austin. Our current "governor" and his cronies tried to cram a piece of draconian legislat...

Yesterday afternoon I noticed Elizabeth sitting on the floor concentrating hard on an art project. I did a a double take and screamed in hor...

This school year has been a tough one around chez hok health wise. Thanks to knee surgery and strep, Ella missed so much school in the fal...

Back in September I wrote about how Ella had sent an interview request to Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium and his office had...

I am still reeling about the explosions at the Boston Marathon yesterday. I know others have and will continue to write much more eloquently...

This is my dad, runnerdude in the comments. Except he now rides his bike insanely long distances, too, so maybe he should change his name t...

I wrote the following post four years ago when Prop 8 was enacted in California. It still says everything I believe about the issue. Since I...