Test early

Yesterday Erin and I attended a group orientation at Kaiser for prospective parents. An hour well-spent on the whole, but the nurse in charge had no answer to my question of why, only now that the women attending were pregnant, was Kaiser bringing up the usefulness of...

Design

After a very pleasant night’s sleep, Joe, Carol, Erin, and I walked around Battle Ground to check out the new subdivisions and to examine some of the new houses being built. None of the model homes or offices were open, but we peeked inside several under...

Atop Mt. St. Helens

Battle Ground, Washington Erin and I headed up late last night for a stay at the marvelous five-star Hotel Kann in Battle Ground. Today, well, today Joe, Carol, and I climbed a mountain. (Erin wisely opted to hang out at Joe and Carol’s, grade papers, sleep, and...

Education

Battle Ground, Washington Whew. The two September ballot measures that had to pass to avoid any more cuts to education made it through by roughly 60-40 margins. That’s a bummer if you’re a smoker for one, and the conversion of an endowment fund into a...

Over 30 Men’s

Over 30 Men’s soccer game for me up in Vancouver this afternoon. I’m still not fully recovered from my tweaked hamstrings, but I figure that’s why God gave us icy-hot. In the midst of the action, I also pulled a groin muscle and I can tell you from...