BEE'S B-DAY: Annabelle is 8 no longer. The nice round number is gone, and now she's 9. Just one year away from double digits. Time...

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/G. Ugarkovic BLOWING UP: Magically, this morning my volume of email seemed to quad...

 SPACE RACE: Today was our weekly trip to Shoreline for a couple hours of math and science classes. As a fun bonus activity, the sc...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME: It happens once a year, just like clockwork. A birthday. Today was mine. The kids made me cards. CJ's was ...

GREAT PUMPKINS: The day dawned foggy, but we didn't let that stop us. I wanted to go on a longish walk, and that we did. First, we had...

AND ANOTHER ONE'S GONE: Today, M. Scott Carpenter, the sixth human and the fourth American in space, died. He was 88. I love the NA...