Archive for June, 2007

The Call from Hollywood

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Peter and Neil are fans of the television show “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” So when the show announced it was casting for a new class and invited eligible children to send in videos of themselves, we went ahead and made an audition tape of Neil and mailed it off. I figured that [...]

The Passion of the Christ

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

A few days ago, Peter and I watched The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson’s movie about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. I am pissed off! Not because of the movie, but because of all the b.s. put out about the movie when it was in the theatres. According to the reviews and columns I [...]

My Medieval Garden

Friday, June 1st, 2007

I did a very daring thing yesterday: I dug up a patch of dirt behind our spa and planted vegetables. If plants were people, I’d be in jail for all the plants that have died in my neglectful, inept care. If I brought every plant that has died on my watch back to OSH, I’d [...]

by Carolyn Bickford