Monumental


Goodbye, Murphy

I don’t have a picture to show - Christine is much more of the photographer than I am - but I can write a small memorial.
Murphy was put to sleep today. He had developed significant health issues including some fluid in his lungs and a severe loss of balance, as well as zero appetite for [...]

Auf Wiedersehen

Rita’s a category 5 hurricane expected to smack into us late Friday/early Saturday. The family and I are heading to Austin either tonight or early tomorrow to stay with one of Christine’s friends. From there, we’ll play it by ear.
Cross your fingers, folks. Or, if you please, drink one each of these [...]

Six months gone by

Sorry for the impromptu hiatus. After the election, I’ve been working on us fleeing the country. (Ha, ha.)
Lots of mundane things have been going on at Chez Tremoulet for me; we had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my in-laws, great food and a few good games of cribbage to boot.
The big event is that, [...]

The Review, Part One

(or “How I spent the night before my wedding”)
The wedding weekend went off quite well. The run up to the wedding was every bit as crazy and hectic as I expected; while I think we actually did a good job of visiting with the guests as much as we could, I’m sorry for everybody [...]

It’s official.

We’re married.
[SO much more to say than that, but we're scrambling to pack for the honeymoon. It was one helluva party, and thanks to everyone for making it so special.]