Long ago, when these mirror-like office lighting grids were born in a Chinese factory, they sighed and said, Well, we’re off for a boring existence. We’ll hang for thirty years with fluorescent lights above us and underpaid employees below, reflecting lights cheerfully, swinging down every year or so to have our bulbs replaced, gathering dust, …

See, it’s taken me an entire week to document everything Jessica and I accomplished last Saturday. No wonder we’re tired. Maybe it’s not as big a deal as a tree house or a chicken coop, but it’s a medium-sized deal to me. I finally added a railing around our front porch. Now if I could …

First there was the drawing. This is how all my projects start. No, actually they start with reading something or talking to Jess* about a need. This one started with the fact that the kids don’t like to eat duck eggs if they can recognize them (scrambled or as part of a recipe? Fine), and …