My niece and nephews visited my house for the first time and it still stands. There might be some chili on the walls and the perfect cat, Jasper, growled for the first time in his eighteen years of cat life. Three-year-olds will do that to you, I guess.

My nine year old nephew spent the night. We wandered the neighborhood, he with his metal detector and me with my Gieger counter. I showed him The Detectorist, the opening scene and he found it hilarious...