Tom, our severely autistic younger son, has been living away from us for the last two years. We go to visit him most weekends. Today I went to see him.
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Busy Saturday
- Edited, printed, and mailed the hard copy edition of colgaffneyis newsletter.
- Tried to blacken some rivets. Continue reading
Some sewing
A couple weeks ago I decided I really should finish a project that had been sitting on my shelves for months Continue reading
Hebridean/Highland armor
Protected: Weight today
Galloglas
Found a long-lost favorite
A transcript of Severn Darden’s “Metaphysics Lecture”, which I heard many times on WFMT’s Midnight Special, is on-line.
Continue reading
Better late than never
From Dante’s infernal crimes forgiven:
After 700 years, Dante Alighieri, Italy’s most famous poet, will have his criminal record scrubbed clean.
Florence’s city council has approved a motion revoking a sentence on Dante from 1302 which stated that he would be executed if he stepped foot in the city again.
Kingship and sacrifice in ancient Ireland
Staying with the program
As mia_mcdavid wrote, we had a great time with colgaffneyis at Pioneer Village. We got home about 9PM last night.
I overslept a bit, and felt rather tired when I got up for work today. I was thinking: “No way I am riding my bicycle this morning. I will take the Escort.” But when I went to the garage I looked at the Escort, saw the My other car is a bicycle bumper sticker, and ended up taking out the bike instead for my trip to the Rosedale park-and-ride.