Evendays

Yes, we do celebrate Valentine’s day here. Wife and I get little gifts for the kids… I for Daughter and Wife for Sons 1 and 2.
My mom would always get us something special for the day: A MAD magazine or a spy novel. And she would always sing to wake us up:
Be my Valentine,Be a [...]

January 24 is the date of our canton’s independence from the Bernese (that is, the kind folks from the Canton of Bern). Unfortunately, it’s still a work day.
Today, Son 2 and daughter (along with 221 others) made the solemn promise to uphold the constitution of Switzerland and of the Canton of Vaud. They now have [...]

Son 2 had the public defense of his Senior Project last Friday. He did a wonderful job integrating his 24 hour, in-the-snow survival with that of polar expeditions past and present. The “expert”, that is the guy who sits with the advisor and analyses the work and helps with the grading, was very demanding… But [...]

In order to graduate from High School and continue on to university, Swiss students must present a research paper (at least 20 pages long) or project and then give a public defense. Son 2 turned in his 35 pages of research on the history of polar survival techniques.
His counselor suggested that for the public [...]

Wife, Son 1 and Son 2 are all Sherlock Holmes’ fans. I just learned last night at the dinner table that the famous detective was a drug user. I asked which drug and found out it was heroine.
The conversation shifted to how you take certain drugs. "Can you sniff heroine?", Daughter asked. No, we answered. [...]

Friday was a big day. Son 1 turned 20.
We remember the birth day like it was yesterday. Wife in labor all night, she woke me up after two hours of contractions. She wanted me to sleep. Timing of contractions, a bath and some relaxing. A thrilling ride to the hospital at 6 am on a [...]

Several of us are going to read together Yancey’s new book on prayer. We’d love to have you join in with us. Just click here for an explanation.
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In some countries, just being born within their hallowed borders makes you a citizen of that country. You may have to jump through a few administrative hoops to [...]