Today marked the first snow day of the 2017–18 school year. Elias was happy to sleep in a little later this morning, and I was happy I had no afternoon appointments, especially when the winter storm warning for our county was upgraded to a blizzard warning. It appears we received up to 16 inches of snow!

It reminded me of those good old-fashioned blizzards of my youth—and it also reminded me of two photos in the Riggs family archives. My guess is that these photos of my paternal great-grandparents, G. Oliver and Islea Riggs (and their unidentified dog) were taken in Thief River Falls, Minnesota (where my dad was born) or in St.

The most exciting musical development at our house over the past several months has been Elias' renewed interest in playing the piano. We have La La Land to thank for it. Turns out, Ryan Gosling didn't just save jazz (if you didn't catch Gosling's monologue last fall on Saturday Night Live, you can watch it here). He also inspired Elias' return to the piano bench, through his portrayal of fictional jazz pianist Sebastian (the character happens to share a name with my other son).
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