8,500 feet above sea level - Paos Volcano

 

The Owl Butterfly - Las Paz Waterfalls Costa Rica

 

Las Paz Waterfalls in Costa Rica!

 

Too Much Info!

 

SCOREEE! Santa came thru big time!

I have discovered that if you put it on the list someone may just buy it! Thanks Greg for drawing my name. The DVDs will be used in my classroom someday... 

Lex floating his troubles away!

 

Uncle Jimmy and his daughters LA style

 

Little Rock Christmas

 

Our 1st Midnight Mass

 

Cock of the Walk - Little Rock, Arkansas

...the best fried catfish I've ever tasted. Yes even better than the perch snacks at the Sea Fruit that used to be on 51st by Kenwood.

The Cock of the Walk also boasts some darn good fired pickles and onions, collard greens and slaw, corn bread, and hush puppies. 

Santas pays an early visit to Ben and Sofie

 

Super readers Anna and Vanessa

 

Murray School gets ready for Christmas

 

Dr Tong and Dr. Lakota figure things out while...

Cliff tries understand what the heck they are talking about. 

Lo and Eds for some holiday cheer!

Dinner was excellent! And Greg and Bobbis desserts were sinful! See more pics here. 

Greg trying to steal a kiss

My Ferret friend UBA

 

Me and Minnie Minoso

Minoso debuted in 1949, but he was still officially a rookie when obtained by the White Sox in a three-team deal involving the Indians and A's on April 30, 1951. On May 1, in a game against the Yankees in Comiskey Park, the young Cuban speedster became the first black player to don a White Sox uniform. In the very first inning, Minoso homered off Vic Raschi. (Mickey Mantle hit his first ML home run in the sixth inning of the same game.) Minoso finished his rookie year as the AL leader in stolen bases (31) and triples (14); his .326 batting average was second only to Philadelphia's Ferris Fain's .344, and his 112 runs fell one short of Dom DiMaggio's league-leading 113. 

Treese dogs Kari's xmas cookies

 

and this was just Kari's meal!

 

Margarita’s cut thru the cold

Kari, Mike Treese (the Mike Treese of Mass Hysteria) and I went to Jalapeño’s on Lincoln for some spicy Mexican food. The food was pretty good, so was the service, but we were the only ones there! Not a single customer came in while we were there. 

Woodlawn kids unwinding after their science fair

 

Paul's baby is ready for space!

 

Emmett Till School Science Fair

I was a judge in the science fair at newly renamed Emmett Till School on 65th and Langley. (Yes - this was the school Till attended when he was killed.) This students hypothesis was that teachers blood pressure would be higher at the end of a long school day than in the morning. Ironically the reverse proved to be true.
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Heler Nature Center Highland Park, IL

 

Cross Country Skiing with Josh

 

We got our tree!

 

Path to Spirit