Yesterday, we had our soccer banquet (normally it's in November). The banquet was via Zoom and included the year-end video and recognition. Both boys earned another pin for their Varsity letter. The year-end video included videos from throughout the year, and photos of every player from all the teams (C-team, JV and Varsity). Here's the … Continue reading Soccer banquet and senior event
In the days following the inauguration of Joe Biden, this picture of Bernie Sanders became a cultural phenomena. More to come on that. I've only watched two presidential inaugurations (at least that I can remember). Barack Obama in 2009 and Donald Trump in 2017. I experienced opposite emotions while watching those two inaugurations. The 2021 … Continue reading Smitten with Bernie’s mittens
It's been more than 10 months since my first #COVIDchaos post. This picture is from my first post on March 16, 2020. I really thought I would be done writing about this by now, but here we are. On that first post, I reported there were 560 cases in the United States. Here's the latest … Continue reading #COVIDchaos – what we’ve done, what we’ve learned
No white Christmas for us, but we did get a white new year. 2021 started with about three inches of snow (by my unscientific ruler measuring). Ali, of course, loved it. The boys are unimpressed teenagers now, so no one even wanted to go out and play in it? Unlike 12 years ago. These were … Continue reading New Year’s snow
We rounded out 2020 quietly, as did half the nation. Celebrations were low-key as many watched the new year roll in sitting on their couches with their families. The few days after Christmas we Zoomed with the Hilgers, the boys played more disc golf and I caught up with my friends from college on a … Continue reading Bye bye 2020
