The Stewart Blog

At the Pooles lake house last weekend John did backflip and after backflip.

Pretty impressive! But this one is more fun to watch.

I fell in love with Tim Russert and his white board in the 2000 election. His joy and enthusiasm for the nuts and bolts of politics came through as he tallied up potential electoral votes and explained them so adroitly. One of my strongest memories of that election is waking up on Wednesday morning and […]

Over the seasons my soccer team has developed a system for our end of season party. We play kickball, eat popsicles and ice cream bars, and I hand out awards. We seem to have each part down to a routine.
My appearance attracts no interest among the players, but when Scotty arrives, kickball on hip, […]

As I was setting out some plants today in the 90+ heat my thoughts were on Caroline as she heads out to Star Island to begin her summer as a Pelican. Later as the sweat was dripping off me and the number of plants to put in still high, I thought of Albert Doolittle and […]

Caroline has gone north for her summer at Star Island. Scotty will drop her at the dock on Tuesday and we miss her already. I keep trying to think of reasons why it is okay she has gone, but have only come up with the following:
Fewer shoes by the front door.
Less laundry.
That’s it. That’s the […]

Because Charles Krauthammer is so smart I always read him even though I don’t always agree with his conservative policies. However I am in complete agreement with his column today. He points out that the price point for American drivers seems to be $4.00 - we are finally changing our driving and car buying habits. […]

Tuesday a tremendous thunderstorm ripped through the area complete with a tornado warning. I always think of a thunderstorm “ripping through” as being a cliché but there is no other way to capture the sudden down pour of huge buckets of water and the strong wind that pushed the rain into heavy sheets and uprooted […]

One of the benefits of paying for school is you get a really nice graduation and Caroline’s was no exception. It happened in two parts. Monday night Scotty and I attended the Baccalaureate Mass in a large Catholic church in Springfield. We managed to stand and kneel at all the right parts and enjoyed the […]