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For new parents and those expecting to be parents soon, read the anecdotes here in case you’re not sufficiently worried yet. What do you think the possibilities are of keeping everything that is flammable, sharp-edged, or very hard out of … Continue reading →

It’s about -5 degrees here in Iowa, with windchills around -25.  Now I remember why I never get to show Sydney much of my hometown when we visit for Christmas . . . We’ve been here almost a week, and … Continue reading →

As Sydney and I drove through Chicago yesterday and noticed huge, sprawling suburbs on both sides of the road.  I’d say the average house had 4,000 square feet and was approximately five years old.  We were cracking jokes about the … Continue reading →

After a stop with friends in Ohio, we spent Sunday with David and Lisa and their three boys: Andrew, Jonathan, and Benjamin.  Sydney seemed to have fun with Benjamin (yes, folks, that’s a smile!), and Benjamin was veeeery happy to … Continue reading →

Sydney and I got to St. Bonaventure before 10 this morning and spent the day in the library.  I have to say, it’s nice to be in a library that’s not really crowded, as Cornell’s libraries seem to be (particularly … Continue reading →

Sydney and I head out tomorrow for a whirl of traveling that will keep us away from Ithaca until the new year. – Thursday and Friday: we’ll be at St. Bonaventure University, where Sydney will do more research among old … Continue reading →

Having decided that Francisco Suarez is rather too mainstream and common for my tastes, I’ve started doing some research on even later scholastics, i.e., from a time when scholastics didn’t exist to the mind of most people. Actually, they did. … Continue reading →

Last night Sydney left home around nine to meet up with some guys from his department while I, ahem, took a three-hour nap.  It’s been a week of long days, so the nap felt fantastic.  Today I stayed home (to … Continue reading →