Phantzi Little Yarns

Today is my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, a golden day of worth and value without measure. In Spanish, the word for "fifty...

 Here is the story of our viewings of the great conjunction of 2020.  On Dec. 21, we hauled ourselves and two of Val's friends down to t...

Last Saturday we had the pleasure of visiting the site of an  ancient Greek settlement some way down the coast, near the city of Fier. Apoll...

These are not the clearest photos in the world, but we had fun setting up the tree yesterday and hanging ornaments. This one detail really m...

We went on a great hike on Sunday, up on Dajti Mountain and around to the back.  When we walked through this tunnel, I told the kids "W...

I was walking home after a staff meeting on Tuesday, along a busy grimy street and turned my head to see this amazing sunset. Since daylight...

This morning I got up to a new, happy feeling - a real sense of relief from pain I've had in my right elbow early August. There have bee...

We had this week off from school, a nice long Fall Break, so it seemed like a good opportunity to head out of the city and explore more of A...