Snow today, Snow Tomorrow, and more snow forecast!

Today was a historic day at our house.

Tradition!

The "Red Head" was my great-grandfather's nickname. He was a mariner from a line of mariners and most favored Nicholas as either a first or middle name. Saint Nicholas is the patron of sailors, so it fits with the family's maritime connections. On my mother's side of the family, she came from a small island …

Family Traditions

Humans have a prodigious ability to create and destroy. The very concept of culture ( big C or little c) is something that we are continuously developing and eliminating. So traditions exist as a process; we continually reshape them even as we celebrate them.