'Just World News' with Helena Cobban

R&R

I've had a wonderful time, these past few days, hanging out at home with Bill the spouse, doing a bunch of work on my (soon to be disclosed) Next Big...

Home-library discoveries

The home library that Bill the spouse and I have built up over a total of 90 years of adulthood, between the two of us, now sprawls over seven rooms...

That corporate thang

Well, it's been quite the mindshift transplant for me the past couple of days, getting my head around budgets, HR policies, management structures, etc in my speedily assumed new job...

Something a lot better than grandstanding...

... is grand-sitting, which is what I've been doing for the past three days. My grand-daughter Matilda is now eight months old, and totally adorable. I had forgotten how much...

Merry Christmas Open Thread

It always happens at this time of year. My blogging plans get mugged by the family's arrival... But family is such a blessing! Anyway, warm greetings for Christmas, Hannukkah, Yule,...

Thinking of My Son the Lieutenant

(This is Scott writing.... and reflecting) It's been a month since I last saw my son Keith, at a dinner where we said our farewells. I miss him; I am...

My grandchild, your open thread

My daughter had her baby yesterday. I cut short my tour in California to come and be with her and her husband. Thank God mother and baby are doing well....

After the wedding

I am still in post-wedding mode, after the extremely moving wedding held Saturday of my son Tarek and his lovely, talented bride, Liz Jackson. Liz and Tarek had put a...

Something completely different

I confess that Bill and I share a teeny weeny addiction. It's to a word-game called Perquackey that we've been playing a couple of rounds of, oh, just about every...

Good times at Christmas

We were planning a pretty quiet Christmas, having had all the kids and their signifcant others here for Thanksgiving. We were thinking it would just be Bill, me, and our...

Families

Tomorrow, Bill and I are leaving early to go to New York for the weekend. While there we'll have some good time with the daughters and the son-in-law. Maybe I'm...