Two Little Hands
My life's decades are the number of fingers on a well-formed human hand, not including the thumb....
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Category: parenting
Babies are Gross
Birth. Our nephew's daughter entered Earth's atmosphere in the vicinity of San Antonio. Hardly a moment later photos came as email attachments, precious new yet-to-be-swaddled human, her waxy white and vernix coat softening the...
Read MorePenguins Know Their Partners
we know emperor penguins mate for a season, spawn, repeat with another partner next time around and never look back at what was with whom it was because, because, because of the singular focus at hand as both arch and bow as one...
Read Moregargoyle not from pottery barn
It wasn't a squirrel. It was a gargoyle, I could tell the difference easily. I fell in love with it immediately. What a concept. Who would have thought of placing a gargoyle at the edge of a roof about thirty feet above a...
Read MoreParent Teacher Conference
My wife and I each received the same email from my youngest daughter's English teacher today. Teacher Conference sessions were approaching. Would we like a meeting? The short and simple answer is no. Emails from teachers used to...
Read MoreA-Rod, a strike-out before the strike
Somebody had shelled out some big bucks for this family outing. It wasn't me. I never is. It was probably Grampa and step-Grandma. It's what they do. It's amazing and wonderful, so generous, so memorable. The Ballpark in...
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