Shadows & Light

Olga and I walked to the Heath yesterday, where we found this colorful pair of thick-legged flower beetles (Oedemera nobilis). I don'...

Finally, FINALLY, school is out for the summer. The end of school always seems like such a protracted affair. There are assemblies and pa...

Well, we're down to just one more day, and then it's "No more teachers, no more books!" Today isn't even really a w...

Yesterday was our last day with students, and the library was surprisingly busy through the morning. (The girl with six overdue books ret...

We've had a lot of rain over the past few days and we're supposed to get more. It hasn't been a problem for us personally, bu...

I spent yesterday weeding the biography section in the library. It hadn't been done in years and the shelves were getting so full tha...

Saturday evening, I was lying on the couch reading, with Olga snoozing next to me. The back door was open, and Dave was somewhere else in...