Despite our efforts, despite testing our water, despite an extensive lead abatement program conducted on our house by ACORN, we got word yesterday afternoon that…
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Despite our efforts, despite testing our water, despite an extensive lead abatement program conducted on our house by ACORN, we got word yesterday afternoon that…
We used to purchase thousands of flags for International Flag-Burning Day [anthem] and build huge bonfires. It was so thrilling to watch the colors of…
I woke to the sound of a cat vomiting. Then I discovered the girl’s diaper (Huggie’s Overnight) had sprung a leak and there was a…
I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but we’ve got a rabbit in the house. I’ve been able to piece together a few clues. Apparently…
Here’s a light and refreshing summery citrusy cocktail, invented by my father-in-law, and tested rather extensively by yours truly over the last couple days. In…
P.S. I’ve knuckled under and created a set of pix from my phone. Of course they are for the most part lower quality than photos…
Dear Aunt Ron, Thanks for Persephone’s birthday gift. It will probably take her a while to grow into those clothes, but better too big than…
We took the girl to Waveland, Mississippi, yesterday, for her first visit to a beach. Here’s a slideshow of a dozen photos from the trip.…
Almost forgot… My parents passed along this bunny outfit. I think maybe I wore it when I was one. If so, that garment has held…
We can’t decide which photo is cuter. Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Please indicate your choice, A or B. Thank you.
Since Sephone’s in daycare she is of course in a constant state of getting sick, or getting better, or both at the same time in…
Many parents put a big emphasis on their baby’s first steps. Somehow this seems like a masculine preoccupation to me, more of a “dad” thing…
I am not really practiced in the art of tarot, but we have a deck just because the cards are cool to look at and…
I was really looking forward to this Mardi Gras, in part because we skipped the last one, and because it was my baby girl’s first,…
Parties are strange affairs. People gathering together for no other purpose than to celebrate life and enjoy each other’s company. What an ephemeral proposition! And…
Here’s Persephone (my daughter) with Persephone (the float): Also pictured: Persephone’s father and grandparents. In fact, this morning we got a tour of the Rex…
Sleep baby sleep, long may you slumber No danger lurks, your sleep to encumber — Tom Lehrer
Yeah, no big deal, I’m just standing here examining this advertising circular. Just another day standing around. Did I mention I’m standing? She’s been standing…
It’s three weeks until Mardi Gras. I’d been meaning to post something here about masking on Mardi Gras, how it’s pretty much essential to the…