We have a new family day-trip favorite: Salem, Indiana, specifically the John Hay Center. John Hay was the private secretary of Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State under McKinley and TR. I took so many pictures, I’ve split them into two groups. Today, I’ll share…

NO, I’m not suggesting vegans can eat chinchillas! Whaddayou, CRAZY? Our #4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian, has a chinchilla named Dasha, and bought her a box of goodies, including a loofah to chew on. So I decided to dig out this column I wrote…

That would be #4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian. She called and said she had this addictive phone game she was playing. ME: Yeah, yeah. I don’t need another addictive game. SARA: You have this koi pond, and they swim around and you guide them…