Category Archives: Family and Friends

Desiree’s Prom Pictures

These are from her first prom of this year (at her boyfriend’s school).

My Trip to NYC

Image via Wikipedia Yesterday I finally got to meet the lovely Dorinda Fox in person.  After email correspondence and phone conversations for over 18 months, we were finally able to meet when she flew into JFK after a trip to Ireland and I drove into the city.  Our time together started with lunch at a [...]

From My Days at EKU

The following pictures are from my days at Eastern Kentucky University (1979-1986), during which time I earned my B.S. in Psychology, an M.P.A., and worked on a Masters in Psychology.  In particular these photos are from the time I lived on the fifth floor of Dupree Hall.  As you can see in these pictures, I [...]

Desiree Goes to Her First Prom

This past Friday, my lovely daughter Desiree attended her first prom with her boyfriend Jed.  Below are the pictures. Technorati Tags: family life,2009 prom

President-Elect Barack Obama

Well, I am glad that the election is over, and naturally, given my political inclinations, I am very happy that Barack Obama has won.  As any regular reader of this blog knows by now, I love politics.  I always have.  I vividly remember having intense debates back in 1976 with a couple of my six [...]

A Couple of Random Thoughts

It’s a beautiful day in Eastern Pennsylvania.  In fact, it’s been a quite nice August, as far as I am concerned – not too hot during the day and temperatures in the 60s at night time.  Just my kind of weather.  It is hard to believe though that Summer is rapidly drawing to a close [...]

Way too Busy

I just noticed that is has been some time since I posted anything on my blog, and by now some of you may be wondering if I plan on maintaining this blog or or not.  Rest assured that I plan to, but this last week has been consumed with the ordinary church work common to [...]

The Ancestry of the Humes Family

Many years ago I learned that my family’s origin goes back to one of the families of Scotland – the Home/Hume family (Please note that in Scotland the name “Home” is always pronounced “Hume,” which is what led some of the family to change the spelling to match the pronunciation).  The Home/Hume family is considered [...]

My Daughter as a Nun

Recently Desiree was in her High School’s production of "The Sound of Music."  She played a nun in the chorus, and did so very well.  In my opinion, she was the cutest nun there, as you can see below. Technorati Tags: The Sound of Music,family,Nun

Children and Lying

Learning to Lie is the title of a new article in New York Magazine, which informs us that “Kids lie early, often, and for all sorts of reasons—to avoid punishment, to bond with friends, to gain a sense of control. But now there’s a singular theory for one way this habit develops: They are just [...]