Because my son Matthew is an astronomy buff, he keeps me up-to-date on important astronomical happenings. Wednesday October 27, is a total lunar eclipse.

Samurai Japanese Restaurant in Solana Beach is one of our favorite restaurants. We frequent it for special occassions, for ordinary occassions and whenever we have out-of-town guests.

Anyone with teenagers is familiar with “the groan,” that unique guterral airy sound uttered by teenagers whenever their parents say or do something they think is completely ridiculous. I get it a lot. If you don’t I suspect it’s either because you don’t have teenagers or you are not talking to them enough. This morning’s… [Continue]

Tip of the hat to Carolyn, who wrote and reminded me that I haven’t mentioned the new dog in awhile. Well, Felix the new dog is now the old dog, because Felix has a girlfriend (and we have a second dog!) The new girl is Nora, and she’s two (Felix is three) and also a… [Continue]