Believe it or not, we’re doing that “Summer in France” thing again. This week, we’re in St. Louis, visiting Craig and Annie and Clara and Henry. After the Winter and Spring in Seattle, St. Louis has been a delight: 70s for temps, clear skies, warm evenings. We’ve been eating dinner on the deck. Craig points out that this is the...

After the most miserable Winter and Spring imaginable here in Seattle, we headed off to St. Louis in May to catch up on grandkid-hugging, tiki-drink-testing, general good fun and some warm weather. We accomplished all four objectives and had a great time!

I know that thousands of readers look at this blog to read about our travels inside and outside the U.S. of A., and so may be slightly disappointed that this blog is about our Christmas trip to St. Louis. Honestly, I won’t feel slighted if you skip right on by. But a big reason I do this blog is so...