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This past weekend Oxford got a significant amount of snow.  More unusual yet, the temperatures have stayed low, so the snow-turned-ice is still here.  I’ve had a pretty arduous trek to nursery in the past few mornings, and my knees … Continue reading →

They were sitting side-by-side on chairs in front of me as I fed them dinner.  Katherine announced, “I have a baby in my tummy!” Nathaniel, not to be outdone, chimed in with, “I have a baby in my . . … Continue reading →

It is fairly quiet here at this time of year.  Far fewer tourists are wandering around, looking lost, and the students only just came back from the holidays.  Things are also fairly quiet in our house, as we try to … Continue reading →

My parents spent hours and hours reading to the kids while they were here.  Nearly everyone who visits our house ends up reading some book to the kids, and I love that, forever afterward, when I read those books to … Continue reading →

I made a quick trip to Boston for my field’s biggest conference, which is now held a few days after the new year.  As I took stock of my visit today, I realized that the pros and cons of conference … Continue reading →

With Sydney away, we kept things fairly quiet here in Oxford.  Nathaniel, who is cutting his second-year molars, has been a bit of a handful when he’s not radiating charm, and it’s rained nearly every day (with high wind!), so … Continue reading →

Katherine, next to the crescents she rolled for me: Mom, Sydney, and I shared the cooking for our feast.  Three cooks definitely make it easier, even if our kitchen is a bit small for us to be in there at … Continue reading →

Last Sunday I woke the kids up from their naps, piled them into the stroller, and took them to an evening carol service at a child-friendly church in town.  A couple of hiccups in our preparations made us run a … Continue reading →

This evening I took the kids up to their nursery so that they could take part in a Christmas play–and I could join the gaggle of doting parents with cameras at the back.  We had a magical walk.  I was … Continue reading →

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I can start ’em young.  Virginia Woolf in a children’s book: The story is loosely based on the close relationship between Virginia and her sister, Vanessa Bell, who was a renowned Bloomsbury painter.  In the children’s … Continue reading →