Caroline’s summer reading list for honors English is:
· The Great Gatsby – Fitzgerald
· One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Kesey
· Native Son – Wright
· Everything That Rises Must Converge: Flannery O’Connor’s Short Stories (selected)
· The Scarlet Letter – Hawthorne
Plus she has to keep a journal when reading one of these books. She’d read The Great Gatsby earlier in the […]
Last week we made the journey to Campus Outfitters to pick up Caroline’s school uniform. The store is jammed packed with uniforms all organized by schools which are listed on the walls around the store. While Caroline and I picked out her skorts and polo shirts Caitlin circled the store looking for what she thought […]
Caroline got into Bishop Ireton, the close Catholic high school and the one we had really wanted for her. It has a warm and friendly community and the many alums we know in this area have very fond memories of it. She is hugely relieved and we are happy that she has the school that […]
Our Emerald Isle selections were pretty weak in the National Car rental lot, but Caroline probably would have picked the Buick Rendevous anyway. After four days of driving it we wouldn’t chose it again. The Rendevous handled pretty well and had a cool onboard computer and leather seats and XM satellite radio, but that is […]
Caroline’s at the age where we drop by colleges whenever possible so we saw both Michigan State and University of Michigan on our trip. Michigan State was okay, but only that. The campus is fine, with a few interesting buildings, but nothing special. We all liked the University of Michigan much better, although some of […]
It doesn’t seem like a slow summer for news, but the amount of press that George Allen has gotten for picking on a minority just goes on and on. For those who missed it, Allen was speaking to a mainly white (or all white in some reports) crowd when he singled out a non-white young […]
Going through airport security in Detroit included a walk through a machine that blew air on you to check for explosives (we think). This was quick and would have been painless if I didn’t look directly at one of the air vents just as it came on. After that came the regular metal detector. And […]
Because our one day fun pass for the Henry Ford Museum didn’t have to be used on the same day as the Greenfield Village pass we returned there on Sunday afternoon. One big reason for going was to see Number 16, the car that Al Poole, Jim Poole’s grandfather worked on which was the first […]
Caitlin has decreed that we can’t stay at another Days Inn because this one didn’t carry the Disney channel. We’ll probably stay at another because they are in our price range, but I’ll be sure to check their cable selections first. Because she does have a point that the Disney channel does improve the quality […]
I was very pleased when everyone hopped out of the car at the nature center with no complaints. And then my perfect children looked at the exhibits and quietly waited (for the most part) while Scotty and I read things in more depth. Afterwards I observed to the kids how great they were and that […]