June 15, 2008: Father’s Day and the Taconic Parkway

Happy Father’s Day! I got to sleep in a little this morning which was nice.  I was pretty tired.  Dominica decided that her back hurt sleeping on the floor in the living room so she moved to a couch on one side of the room.  Oreo wanted his own space for a change so he …

June 11, 2008: Finally a Break from the Heat

Last night there was an amazing thunderstorm here in Newark.  All of the heat had so much pent up kinetic energy to discharge and it really put on a show.  It was pretty late at night when suddenly we went from calm and stagnant heat to crazy wind, torrential downpour and continuous lighting. When the …