On a mailing list to which I belong, there has been a discussion of “top-“ and “bottom-posting”…that is, when replying to an email, whether one should type one’s responses over the reply, or under it.

Someone gave this example of how top-posting can be confusing:

If you are a qualified professional….

We decided to take Eli (who has somehow become Biddles or Biddly) to Forest Park for an outing, and D had the idea of going boating. So that’s what we did…how we managed to put her baby carriage in the boat, feed her, change her in the paddleboat (where two people pedal like crazy) is a different story!

KM and I walked down to the History Museum to hear the Twilight Tuesday concert, but it had been cancelled due to the heavy rain.

Thank you, for sending this along: