Charlottesville VA

12 September 2011 Grasshopper

Sep 12, 2011

11 September 2011 Ten Years Later

Sep 12, 2011

Ten years ago today I was living in Charlottesville, had recently finished my PhD, and was teaching at the University as a lecturer. (Drowning is more like it.) I had an early 8AM class that got out at 9:15. Someone in the hallway outside my office was talking about a plane crashing into one of the World Trade Center …

10 September 2011 Dinner on the Deck

Sep 11, 2011

9 September 2011 Footballers

Sep 10, 2011

Fall Football started back up tonight. I was feeling sporty because we rode our bikes to the field. Then I played (30 people on the field!) and sporty started to look more like clumsy, uncoordinated and forgetful, as I kept passing the ball to the opposing team. They were pretty happy about that, though, so at least I …

8 September 2011 Telling Tales

Sep 9, 2011

During lunch Benjamin and Sam like to make up a joint story together, where each one takes a turn adding a sentence to the tale. Today’s tale was about an intrepid salt and pepper shaker who grow wings, fly to monsterland, and battle Charybdis and the Hydra.

7 September 2011 Off to Get Muddy

Sep 8, 2011

I highly approve of AC’s new schedule, wherein he breaks up his 12-hour work days with some mountain biking. Nevertheless, the new routine is sorely testing my stain-removing skills.

6 September 2011 Glass Painters

Sep 7, 2011

5 September 2011 Kemper Park and Carter’s Mountain

Sep 6, 2011

The James River Heritage Trail in Pictures

Sep 6, 2011

The Warm-up in the Car Park The Bridge to Percival’s Island View of Lynchburg from Percival’s Island For once they were trying to catch up to ME Hollins Mill Dam A pause to take in the tunnel The tunnel was so cool, we went through it twice AC races the train A woodsy path on the return trip

4 September 2011 First Aid Kits

Sep 5, 2011

This time last year Sam was obsessed with the Narnia Chronicles. This year it’s science. Astronomy, Archaeology, Biology and especially the science of the human body. Since Sam reads on her own now, I have a harder time keeping track of what she reads, but she tells me that she’s exhausted the human body books in the …