Category: my life

  • Another Late Post

    I just found that there are support sites on the Internet for people who are afraid of flying! That’s been one of my main concerns about going to Spain: the extremely long flight there and back. The hour and a half from here to Washington can be bad enough (or it can be extremely pleasant,…

  • On the War

    [Note: this article is a reposting of something I wrote for my family-only blog. It seems to be appropriate for general circulation, though, and I now present it with only the slightest editing.] I sort of think fighting over politics is like Bible bashing: totally unproductive. Why fight over the Good News? Why start a…

  • ¿Y México? ¡Se fue!

    Some seemingly bad news: my trip to Mexico has been canceled on account of insufficient applicants. Not enough people going means the trip would have been prohibitively expensive. Sad, huh! Now what do I do? I don’t know. Do I look for a different program out of the country? Or try to find some classes…