Daily Life

Happy Hanukkah

It is the first night of Hanukkah and we lit the first candle. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3126125491/]

Busy Day at the Post Office

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3126125233/] Today we went to the post office to get some stamps for our holiday cards. It was crazy crowded. There was a long line for the

Letters to the Editor

The article from the News and Observer generated two letters to the editor. The first [http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/letters/story/1340438.html] compares our modern life to a “a dystopian near-future”

Cool Technology in School

My kids’ school has been gradually installing smartboards in the classrooms. These are the computer connected touch screens like they use on CNN. Peter told me that yesterday his 5th Grade class had