My great grandfather got off the boat from Finland, and went to Corning, New York, to make a new life. A couple of years later, he went back to Finland to get married, and he came home a year or so later with my great-grandmother and infant grandfather in tow. The great thing about having [...]
Archive for October 2009
100 Years ago today… 5 comments
How Do You Get a D in Gym? 4 comments
Have I mentioned that Eric is very smart? He’s brilliant. He reads everything he can get his hands on, has a really quick mind, and a very dry sense of humor. He’s also kind of unorganized. Yesterday, he brought his report card home: Math, A. Science, A. Spanish, A. Language Arts, B (lack of organization [...]


