A new restaurant!

We had sort of settled into a routine of visiting our favorite "known" restaurants when headed out to eat somewhere lately, but made an exception last night on to make our first trip to The Hope and Olive in nearby Greenfield. Great food, great atmosphere, and only 10 minutes from home -- awesome.

Local warming

Thanks to a recent string of days in the 40's and 50's, our many-feet-thick layer of pristine white snow is quickly turning into a soggy, dirty inches-thick layer of sand and crusty ice.  Potholes galore!

Heidi is getting ready to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday tomorrow.  To help everyone get into the proper spirit, we offer you this:

One day a zookeeper noticed that his orangutan was reading two books, the Bible and Darwin's Origin of Species.  Surprised, the zookeeper asked, "Why are you reading both books?"

"Well," replied the orangutan, "I'm trying to figure out if I'm my brother's keeper or my keeper's brother."

Something to ponder during your Darwin Day celebrations.

- jbc