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• Dick, Family

  Happy Birthday (belated) to Tom, and one more reason I love him.

  09.08.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Incredibly, all is not roses-blooming-beneath-our-feet, all-the-time here in Zion. Last night, Grandpa Dick thumped Sally on the head after she, in her cheetah-spotted footy pajamas, bit him on the leg. She was promptly put in time-out, and apologizes and (silent) recriminations flew. She deserved the thumping: almost-7 is old enough to not bite, and swatting [...]

• Dick, Jane, marriage

  Emails sent to long-suffering soul-mate

  08.10.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  I was laughing by the time I finished this last email, so I thought I’d preserve it for posterity (hey, regardless of what else happens, we already have three of those). Dick: Do you want to hold a garage sale this Saturday to try to sell our furniture that way? Jane: we’d get even less [...]

• Dick, Family

  Husband-ism that kills me

  07.01.07 | Permalink | Comments Off

  Dick is in charge of lining up speakers for our church for July. He told one good sister that he couldn’t remember when she’d spoken last, and she kindly reminded him that she’d spoken on Father’s Day (three weeks ago).  Dick called me after church today to ask if he was there that Sunday and/or if I knew why he couldn’t remember [...]

• Dick, marriage

  How do I love you? or, Happy 9th Anniversary, Tom!

  06.13.07 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  I love that you say you want a few more children even though it often seems that we have a few too many already. I love your patience. I love that you will usually take out the trash after I ask a mere seven times. I love that you love our daughters. I love that [...]

• commentary, Dick, Family

  The 159 dollar and 99 cent key

  05.22.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Someone, who shall remain nameless but whose name rhymes with “lampa,” lost Dick’s keys. This key ring included the key and remote to my favorite material object. Because I fear losing my own keys more than death, and MUCH more than public speaking (which I fear not at all), I made an appointment to get [...]

• Dick, Sally

  Graduating kindergartener asks difficult questions

  05.12.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  (from Dick’s blog) Just a fun post here. I was having a mock interview with my 6-year-old, who just graduated from kindergarten. She has already learned to ask tough interview questions, particularly for those who work with computers? [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Dick has been preparing for his Minneapolis STC conference by [...]

• commentary, Dick, Jane

  And justice for all

  04.24.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. –Bill Vaughan A real patriot knows she is living in a Kafka novel, but still defends America to the French. –Jane Johnson On March 9, 2007 at 7:21 am (according to my car’s clock and NPR), I got [...]

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