Readers will have seen this sight before, but the Chicago grid was a particularly lovely sight for Liam and I after a lot of delays returning from Colorado over the break!

What to do on snow day 2? Work on homework. Stay in pajamas!   Take photos of the snow drifted into interesting shapes… through the window!   Make a fancy breakfast (cooked and plated by Liam)

Who says you can’t have fun outside (briefly) when it’s minus 14 F? Check out Liam’s frosty science / magic trick.

Our traditional Christmas-time lunch with the Gorskis took place on Dec. 30th this year, with friends and family old and new attending. Left to right, in there back row is Naomi, Liam, Nadia, Dave, Miles, John, Annette, Eric, and in front, Amber, Ben, Sylvie and Will. Our guinea pigs Mr.…

The contents of the pan are under pressure, lots of it! John got a pressure cooker and is making garlic confit. Earlier today he boiled black beans in 12 minutes. That’s down from 90 minutes in a conventional pot! The close up shows the spring valve with marker lines to…

John doesn’t let a little snow stop him from running errands, here he is suited up to cycle to farmer’s pride for some avocados!

After arriving home late on Sunday night (at midnight for Liam and me, since we spent a lot of quality time in the Dallas airport due to delays on Sunday), we decided to open presents on Monday morning. As Miles said, it would be a better Christmas morning experience. Santa,…

There are lots of day trips from Paonia to take. You can ski at nearby Powderhorn but we chose not to do that because we had already been skiing. Instead, we drove to a great sledding hill at Grand Mesa park. The hill was pretty intense — I went down…

Paonia is a real center for people doing interesting artisinal work, and we were very lucky to get some insight into this world through Art and Erin’s friends. One day we visited their friend Oogie’s Black Welsh Mountain Sheep farm, called Desert Weyr. Oogie showed us all around, starting with…

We sat down and had a discussion today, and yep, we’re finally ready to admit it: Liam is by far the better of our two sons. It wasn’t even really a contest. Our judging was based upon height, odor, beard growth ability and many other factors.