George Washington's Boyhood Home

One of the many things I loved about my mother Kathleen is that she would (in the years before everything got consolidated into one President's Day), serve up a cherry pie for Washington's birthday.

Well, they didn't find the hatchet that cut down the cherry tree at Washington's boyhood home, but they are finding a great many artifacts there. I've always been fascinated with archeology--artifacts have a story to tell, and sometimes an amazing one. The video that goes with this on the news site is really interesting.

Back to enjoying a quiet dinner with Mr. Strega, after a great teaching day in which I got to discourse on one of my favorite poets, William Blake.

If I don't get back to blogging in a day or two, have a happy Fourth of July--and for those of you who live in fire-prone areas, turn on your fireworks screensavers and forget about the sparklers this year. We've had enough of fires for one year.