Allison 14th birthday
We have a family rule that on odd birthdays we have only a family party, and on even birthdays we have a friend and a family party. After much deliberation and thought, Allison decided to have an ice skating party and a family party. She turned 14 on the 23rd of January. Since all of … Continue reading
Spelt
Spelt Muffins This morning Ben and I cooked breakfast for the family. It took about an hour, and we made four different recipes. I alternate grains every day to get variety and today was our Spelt day. Spelt is a wheat alternative, and I use an Organic grain that has been sitting in my basement … Continue reading
Academic Underachievers
“First lady Laura Bush and a growing number of physicians, educators and psychologists say Americans need to wake up and see that boys lag far behind girls in school, and then demand that something be done. Mrs. Bush, mother of two grown daughters, speaks at conferences and in interviews about the declining status of boys … Continue reading
President Bush is Reading the Mao book!
President Bush has just read Mao, the Unknown Story book by Jung Chang that I blogged about a few weeks ago! Here are previous posts… Go Here and Here Jenny Hatch UPDATE: New Story at International Herald Tribune Quote: “Chang and Halliday said in a telephone interview from Paris on Friday, during a long weekend … Continue reading
Can 20th Century Journalism make it in the 21st Century?
My Comment after reading Mark Tapscotts analysis of Hugh Hewitt’s piece on 21st centruy journalism. “Blogger and Talk Radio host Hugh Hewitt has a fascinating and important column in the latest Weekly Standard entitled “The Media’s Ancien Regime.” To put it bluntly, Hewitt has little hope for anything remotely resembling a bright future for what … Continue reading







