So we were sitting around the dinner table at Judith's last week, eating a pot of her world-renowned spaghetti and talking about keeping in touch. Specifically, about how cool it is that my grandmother has joined the intimidating world of technology and is now sending us all emails. And how great it is that we can keep abreast of my brother Will's travels in Europe in almost real time just by checking his weblog. And how much fun the family round-robin emails about our planned houseboating trip next summer are.

It was Allison who thought of it first - "This family should have a blog. Everyone could post stories and comments and check it whenever they wanted. Anne - want to set one up?"

So here it is. I'll be interested to see how this thing will evolve, but feel free to post and comment and we'll see where it takes us. It'll be great to hear from you!