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is TODAY Christmas? 21 Dec 2012 | 05:57 pm
This is the face of a child who has woken up before six each day this week. It’s Christmas Day today Mama! No child, who usually spoils me with a 9am wake-up. It’s not Christmas. Go back the eff to sl...
Actually, My Name is Jack. 14 Dec 2012 | 09:33 pm
Yesterday, I traded in one YMCA badge for another. The photograph, taken earlier this year, remains the same, but the name on the badge has changed. In one sense, this is not a big deal, just somethin...
Six-year-old, Star-Wars-Themed Birthday Parties, Check. 11 Nov 2012 | 03:00 am
Oh. My. Lands. Six-year-old, Star Wars-themed birthday parties, man. Six-year-old, Star Wars-themed birthday parties for six boys (seven, counting Joshua), none of whom have actually SEEN Star Wars, A...
small town moon 19 Oct 2012 | 05:50 pm
A snapshot of five in the afternoon: In the kitchen: fall salads placed at four spots, a quick dash out to the brisk yard with the light already fading, to harvest some herbs and one of the last peppe...
Be Changed 11 Oct 2012 | 01:56 am
Lately, Martin and I have been feeling like the string of sometimes-difficult, crazy changes and upheavals is just never going to let up. So many things have happened this year, and often I’ve thought...
Ill Communication 8 Sep 2012 | 11:30 pm
Dear Linnea, Now see, I just opened up our dashboard and saw this title in our drafts folder. ‘Ill Communication.’ I have no recollection what I was intending to write in this post, nor why I decided ...
Dusting 1 Jun 2012 | 03:12 am
I sit at the dinner table with Joshua and Béla. It is early morning, Father’s Day. Joshua is making a drawing of the three most important light sabers from Star Wars for Martin. Just as he gets done w...
slug bug yellow. 26 Aug 2011 | 06:35 pm
This is Riana as close to her dream-car as she’s ever been… Amelia shares the dream…except they’d prefer it in Chartreuse… and if you think you’ve heard cuteness, get Amelia to say chartreuse… They...
pictures when there aren’t many words 23 Aug 2011 | 06:48 pm
Not sure what the deal is, but I don’t have many words these days months. You have a baby to keep your hands busy but I have no such reason. I will lament this no more. And so, for now, I’m keeping my...
a tidbit 20 Jun 2011 | 08:40 am
Um, well… yes. Hello! What was that? Do I still exist or have I been nursed into non-existence, the whole of my being being sucked into the stomach of babes along with any lint, small mammals and fu...