The World Surrounding Me

Steve captured our family photo after dinner last night. We were thankful for the remote on his camera, so we could capture the few hours we were all together. See it and read his comments here. My parents ought to be on their way from Hartford airport to their home by this time. Steve & [...]

Pics from Hawaii (Oahu, and now Maui) are going up here – http://picasaweb.google.com/becky.laswell. We’re putting up new pictures almost every day. Enjoy!

Last night, we enjoyed the 8th-rated restaurant in the entire country (according to Gourmet Magazine): Alan Wong’s, in Honolulu. This was our second trip, so we knew a bit of what to expect, but were still blown away. We started with appetizers. We knew that we wanted the “Manapua” Quesadilla again (having had it on [...]

You can find pics from our first day in Hawaii here: http://picasaweb.google.com/becky.laswell Not a lot so far, but I’m sure I’ll post other things later. I also imagine we’ll tell the story of our very long first day of vacation later. The short version – weather at DFW (which people we know who live near [...]

Like a lot of geeky people my age, I played a fair share of Tetris when I was a kid. I was glad for those hours of fitting blocks onto a grid during what I did today – packing suitcases. See the long orange block in this image? In the realm of packing, that’s a [...]

I had a hard time being productive a few days last week, so I made myself a few goals for today: I’d post something thoughtful on my sabbatical blog. DONE! I’d finish a sewing project. DONE! I’d make a big batch of some kind of food to put into the freezer. SIMMERING! I’d make some [...]

Do any of you use TripAdvisor? Just curious. Every once in a while, I get a bug to write reviews of places we’ve visited while traveling. Here’s my travel map from TripAdvisor, showing places I’ve marked. Bora Bora, French Polynesia Oahu, HI, USA Hana, HI, USA Honolulu, HI, USA New York City, NY, USA Paris, [...]

Yeah, another sock monster photo. Sorry. Maybe I’ll post some real content here one of these days! (I’ve put up quite a lot of real content on my sabbatical blog this week, though. Check that out for posts about a conference I went to, including posts on innovation, leading in uncertain times, church growth, meaning [...]