Author: C.E.L. Ruffolo

“When you can’t figure out what to do, it’s time for a nap.” – Mason Cooley

Note to Nick and Toni: Mutants, this is for your 15-year-old selves. Or probably 13 (or 14).  NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA – I love my children but there are moments when I just want to smack them and respond to their cries with an eardrum-breaking scream. Nicholas and Antoinette, you’ll read …

LAS VEGAS – Travelling with kids taught me to load up on caffeine and to constantly check my patience meter. It’s a Friday here in Vegas. I seriously don’t know if it’s September 25 or 26. We’ve been mobile since we got here on the 17th in a sequence that …

This entry was written on 23 September 2014 (Tuesday), MDT.  Richfield, Utah – It’s our second stop of the day as we are on our way to Cedar City, Utah where we will spend the night on our way to Las Vegas. This 22-day trip in the United States of America …

“All sorrows are less with bread.” – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra