Nov. 11: To celebrate Sylvia’s 9-month birthday, she and I took a train ride from St. Paul home. Now she’s done something before her brother – a train trip! She was a rather noisy girl, shrieking regularly whether happy or sad, and I was fretting about waking all our fellow passengers (many of whom had [...]
Nov. 11: I’m quite excited to report that my dear brother Michael has secured employment. Since Excel Inns was purchased and the home office closed in April, Michael has been on the job hunt. He called me today sounding rather elated and told me that he had gotten a job offer from Lands End. He’ll [...]
Nov. 7: Andrew is at preschool and Sylvia is blessedly napping, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to share a personally deprecating story. Last night I had hooked up my laptop to my external hard drive to work on some old photos. Forgetting that it was plugged in (with a very short [...]
Nov. 6: Heather sent me the following quote. I find it to be so true, that upon reading it for the sixth time, I’m crying. I think this puts into words a little of the philosophy that guides my life. It’s how Mom taught us to look at life, and it’s so central to my [...]
Nov. 4: I know this is going to deeply call into question my standards and parenting morals, but I couldn’t resist sharing this clip of Sylvia.
Nov. 4: I am so excited that election day is here! I find myself feeling very hopeful that for both state and national politics, a new, more reasonable era is approaching. For the sake of my kids, I certainly hope so! I took Andrew and Sylvia to the polling booth this afternoon. Andrew was super [...]
Just by Alan Shapiro after the downpour, in the early evening, late sunlight glinting off the raindrops sliding down the broad backs of the redbud leaves beside the porch, beyond the railing, each leaf bending and springing back and bending again beneath the dripping, [...]
Nov. 2: Behold! A new installment of the cute things that Andrew says. I’ve got a couple notebooks where I jot these things down, and the time has come to share them. This boy… He’s something else. And so sweet and snuggly. I really love him. So now without further ado.. Andrew: "Mommy, guess what!! [...]
Nov. 2: Sylvia loves, loves LOVES taking a bath. She laughs, she splashes, she delights in all the water. Amazingly (as compared to her brother), she even thinks that having a cup of water dumped over her head is great fun. She blows bubbles all on her own (she came up with the idea herself), [...]
