Sherwood Family Nonsense

For all of you who are wondering (and those of you who aren’t), we have made it to Cairo.   With the exception of two small children who d...

Our lives consist of a long, unbroken string of changes.  We are born, we grow into adulthood, we have children, we grow old, and then we di...

Last Monday, I went to Costco.  While there I bought, among other things, two pounds of cheese and three dozen eggs.  Today, eight days late...

For those of you who keep track of our oh-so-exciting lives, I'll fill in the boring (and not easily made clever or funny) details. We...

Almost three years ago, Brandon and I bought a new computer.  Our last one, a graduation present from my parents had survived single life an...

A few days ago, I made a trip to Hagerstown, Maryland. For those of you not employed by the State Department (most, if not all), you may n...

A recent conversation with Kathleen: The scene: We are going swimming with a friend in the afternoon. Kathleen is wearing her swimsuit, as ...

Author's note: For those of you who have actual things to complain about in your lives, I ask you to see my complaining as a way to fee...

Recently, we have been having... struggles... with getting to Kathleen to bed. She goes happily enough but getting her to stay in her bed w...

After almost three years of motherhood I have started to get the hang of child rearing; I can give false choices (would you like to eat your...