Barbara Thompson

San Antonio was a great place to visit. Did you know it is the 7th largest city in the United States? I certainly didn’t know that. I actually had no idea. It was about 10 times as big as I thought it was… Population is about 1.5 million. Huh. I wasn’t in a big hurry […]

Birthday boy’s choice was to go to the zoo. We got there within the hour the zoo opened, but it was still buzzing with people. I don’t think I have ever gone to a zoo on a Saturday. Lots of people go to the zoo on Saturday (which is why I haven’t, I assume). There

We went to SeaWorld today. I had no idea that I was missing going on roller coasters, but I guess I was, because it was WONDERFUL. I appreciate that there are no longer park maps – save a paper and all – but trying to get the lay of the land on a map on

We were off to the Witte Museum today. It advertised learning about Texas’ history, so we thought that would be interesting. Several of our Lyft drivers recommended it, as well as hotel staff. My favorite part was right inside the door – an absolutely giant skeleton of a flying dinosaur – Quetzalcoatlus. Scientists believe that

I learned so much about the Alamo. I think sometime in the past someone must have told me that it is much smaller than you expect, so even though I didn’t think I had ideas about it, the first thing I thought when we went into the church was how much big it was. I

We are in Texas! San Antonio, to be more precise. Texas is big, afterall. I have had wine, so I am typing very carefully. Our friend, Dave, nicely drove us to the airport. We bounced in the plane the whole time. It would have been very scary, but I decided to just reaaalllly focus on

I subbed for a special ed teacher today. She team teaches two hours with a terrific Algebra teacher (oooo algebra – little puzzles of fun), teaches two hours of essential math (oooo algebra – such fun), and has one study hall. I don’t think they really would have to pay me to do this job,

Coda is a musical term for the end or finale. CODA in the best picture winning movie stands for Child of Deaf Adults. I did not know that when we went to see the movie today. Pre-pandemic, I made it a practice to make sure I saw all of the best picture nominees. We went

We went to the Minnesota State Band concert this afternoon. Our friend, Peter, is a new member of the band, and he invited us and we were happy we were here to go. It was at Como High School in St. Paul. There was a sandwich board outside apprising us that no visitors were allowed

It’s been snowing the past few days – nuisance snow for the most part. Everyone at school has been complaining, but I am fine with it. Warm, beautiful weather makes kids NUTS to be anywhere but in school, so cold and snow are fine. I haven’t been in the hot tub since we got home