#4 Daughter reminded me the other day of a time back when Mom was active. It was winter and we were outside in the snow. Mom and Sara may have been sledding, I don’t remember. We were talking about how pretty the snow was, with…

#4 Daughter doesn’t like brownies, but she likes them the way I make them. No, I don’t add a “secret ingredient” wink wink nudge nudge say no more. I make them pretty much the way a carton of Hershey’s cocoa powder told me to: Hershey…

Here is another of my many obsessions: My Neighbor Totoro. The IMDB site has a few clips from it, but it must be experienced. If there was ever a more charming, feel-good, memorable movie, I haven’t seen it. Here’s why, in a 10 minute video.…