BEEN A LITTLE BUSY: MPA is behind in posting this week, and what a week it has been. Busy, busy, busy. A few highlights ... Wednesday morni...

SWEET SHOW:   Last night, on kind of short notice, we went to see "Finding Neverland" at the Paramount theater in Seattle. ...

      (Photo: National Museum of African American History and Culture - the banner, from 1924, featured the motto of the Oklahoma Federat...

BLACKBIRD: The kids keep plugging away on guitar, and what they're plucking out these days is The Beatles' "Blackbird."...

HIDDEN NO MORE : Last night, Annabelle and I were super fortunate to get to see a (free!) sneak preview of the movie "Hidden Figures...

ON BOARD: For the past couple of months, we've helped create a bulletin board birthdays at the kids' learning center. Last month ...

IT'S ELEMENTARY:  Yesterday we headed to the Pacific Science Center to see the ending-soon " International Exhibition of Sherlo...