Oh MexicoIt sounds so sweet with the sun sinking lowThe moon’s so bright like to light up the nightMake everything all right James Taylor Playa del Carmen, Mexico – I have to admit that I have felt a bit… directionless……
Jurassic Park
Somerville, Mass – Twin S did a special research project with his class. The teacher assigned each student a dinosaur to research and present their findings at the special event “Jurassic Park”. S was assigned Rhamphorhynchus. Seriously? I can’t even…
Snowy Tree
Somerville, Mass – This is what my favorite tree looks like this morning.
Red Sox Spring Training
Fort Myers, Florida – For Daddio’s birthday we took him to a Red Sox game. Sometimes we take Daddio to a baseball game for Father’s Day, but we usually can’t do it for his birthday in February. But this year,…
Winter Break Escape
Sarasota, Florida – This week the twins joined all of the other grandchildren of Massachusetts, making our annual winter break escape to Sarasota, Florida. I don’t love Sarasota: there are too many strip malls and traffic jams. But how I…
Ski Bradford
Haverhill, Mass – The twins had such a blast skiing in Italy, that I vowed to ski again this winter. After all, we have a lot of winter in New England, so we might as well enjoy it. A few…
The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
Somerville, Mass – Here we are, back in the pink house, back to winter, back to reality. Our homecoming brought on many mixed feelings. Here they are: the good, the bad and the beautiful. The Good The twins got such…
World Schooling Research Projects
Somerville, Mass – While we were in Italy, I decided that our international experiment in education would benefit from special world schooling research projects — something more formal than our field trips and fun explorations around Italy, but less formal…
Arrivederci, Venezia
Venice, Italy – Arrivederci to this lovely view and all our friends and neighbors on Via Garibaldi. We loved being part of this little neighborhood in Venice. Ciao, Ciao, Alla prossima, Ciao! #Venice
Going Out in Style
Venice, Italy – It’s our last day in Venice and we’re going out in style. I had low expectations but I have to admit that our gondola ride captured the magic and mystery of this fantastic place.