http://www.backtalk.com A Family of Four Leaves Marin Looking For a Simpler Life Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:18:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Frank has started a new blog entitled A Year In Mill Valley. Sebastian say check it out. Or Spider-Boy is gonna get you! http://www.backtalk.com/articles/a-year-in-mill-valley/ If you’ve come here looking for our blog A Year In Cornwall, you’ve come to right place. While we’re no longer in Cornwall, the blog is still here, with photos and stories of the almost two years we spent there. It was a time that was both wonderful ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/a-year-in-cornwall-on-extended-leave/ Yes, Nathaniel, I’m sorry to tell you, but we’re moving again. (But then again maybe I’m not so sorry, because we’re doing it for you!) Where do I begin this story? It’s long, and a bit convoluted, so maybe the best place to start is at some random beginning, ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/daddy-are-we-going-to-move-again/ I love the fact that England has people who can, and do, write like this. Just one great quote amongst many: For one thing, the whole trope about a grateful nation looking to our political class to serve as our models of moral excellence is clearly a complete dead-end. We know this, ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/things-i-like-about-england-ii/ Tonight I was reading an interview with Randall Robinson , and something resonated in it for me. Randall Robinson is an African American, raised in Richmond, Virginia, who has moved to St. Kitts, where his wife is from. He’s written a book called Quitting America: The Departure of ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/why-is-the-status-quo-ok/ We’ve been back for about two months now, and far from settling down, the number of things on my todo list seems to not only be increasing, but also accelerating. New job. Old job. New friends. Old friends. Rachel. The boys. I’ve found it particularly ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/daddy-i-really-love-biking-with-you/ The press. I love the newspapers and TV news in England. There’s a paper for every viewpoint. From the Guardian and Independent on the left, to the Times in the middle, and the Daily Mail on the right, There’s also real reporting in England. Reporters ask hard questions. They ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/things-i-like-about-england-i/ A friend of ours from Cornwall, Jo Riley, emailed Rachel this morning, saying that their boys, Alex and Simon, as well as everyone else in Year 2 at St. Minver School, very much missed seeing Nathaniel on this the first day of school. I’ve been thinking a lot about England lately, ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/on-missing-england/ (From http://feeds.feedburner.com/discourse?m=1492 ) A failure dramatically underlined by a rapier-like anecdote told by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi about Bush’s reaction when she told him that he should fire FEMA Head Michael Brown: ‘He said ‘Why would I do that?”’ Pelosi said. “‘I said because of all that went wrong, of all ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/the-crux-of-the-problem/ (I’m copying this here because I’m not sure whether the site it’s on will keep it permanently. From http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_18337.shtml.) Can This Really Be America? note: Bradshaw and Slonsky are paramedics frorm California that were attending the EMS conference in New Orleans. Larry Bradsahw is the chief shop steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU ... http://www.backtalk.com/articles/beyond-the-pale/