I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...

But I have been kind of busy these past few days getting ready to head to Seattle to celebrate our youngest child's graduation from college. And then from Seattle we will go to Washington D.C. to see our oldest son and take my mom to see a specialist there. So my blogging will be very light for the next couple of weeks. And for that I apologize, but as our Vice President so eloquently said not too long ago, this is a big f*ckin deal. Three kids, three college educations, and three bright futures (I hope). We gave them the tools, the rest is up to them.

 "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governours, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

James Madison in a letter to W. T. Barry in August of 1822