A nice day. An-ice day. Streets too icy to venture out, so we didn't. ***** We lolled in front of the TV for a design show on HGTV (and unanimously voted the final makeover, "Hideous!") I had a deliciously long phone call with the friend who gave me this coffee cup: I played figurines with Ramona. I...

Atticus was working late last night. Did you know teachers could work until 1 a.m.? They can during speech season. Usually Atticus + working late = working at home, grading essays. Frank McCourt once said something about not having any time to write when he was younger because he was too busy gradin...

Things we've recently watched: Star Wars, with the kids. I call it "the first one." Some people call it "the fourth one," but I refuse to. A very young Harrison Ford makes it the first one. Wuthering Heights (Confession ... I never read the book.) To fans of the book -- what do you think of this pro...