I’d just like to point you all to a new page I’ve set up called “Other Voices” — you can find the link to it over next to the sun seal under “Pages”. It’s my Blogroll 2.0.

I’ve been meaning to set up my Blogroll properly for ages. The links were falling out of [...]

Just about everyone in our family is sick right now, except me, so I haven’t been doing anything but trying to take care of people. It’s a lot of work, but it’s good work. After a day of tending to people that I love, I feel I’ve spent my time well.

So of course [...]

Below is the origin of my names.  The information is taken gratefully from the Online Etymology Dictionary.

JEFFREY (GEOFFREY)
male personal name, from O.Fr. Geoffroi, from M.L. Galfridus, from O.H.G. gewi “district” + fridu “peace.”

PAUL
masc. proper name, from L. Paulum (nom. Paulus), Roman surname of the Aemilian gens, lit. “small” (see paucity). Cf. O.Fr. Pol, It. Paolo, [...]