I was at Ground Zero in New York City almost exactly two years ago. I went again two weeks ago. It looks basically the same.

Ground Zero is across the street from St. Paul’s Chapel (see the graveyard below - the WTC site is in the background), which has seen a lot in it's 241 years.....

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I was reading to the boys before their nap when I hear a familiar scratching sound at the back sliding-glass door. When I picked them up to take them to their room, I confirmed my suspicions…

A friendly iguana trying to take refuge in our living room. I whipped out the hose and made sure the only impression he’ll have of our patio (and my bouganvilleas the iguanas love to munch) is pain and suffering.

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The boys were finishing dinner. I asked Jonathan to come clean up Benjamin. A couple minutes later I asked him to come clean up Jonah.

“What am I, a Hazmat crew?”