A Message from Your Tour Guide

When Izzy finished her faaaaaabulous design of Life, the Universe and Everything, one of the last little bits we (she) added was the extra text under the blog header: Let Mary be your guide. It was truly a last minute addition but led to other tour guide-inspired touches such as "Tours Given" for how many hits this blog has had and "Guide Posts" for the get-to-know-me posts. Well, I've added a new heading in my sidebar today: This Week's Scenic View. I don't think I'll be all that legalistic about it being an actual weekly feature, but keep your eye on it and as I come across blog posts, articles, just whatever that I think are especially nice to look at, I'll point the way. I think I've had this idea brewing in the back of my head for a while now, but today, L-Girl over at So Much To Do, posted an essay by Michael Gartner about his father. It is such a lovely essay that I thought I'd share it with you. I really think you'll like the view.