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I sincerely hope that I don’t sound like this when I read aloud.  Surely my students would have mentioned it: And Nathaniel, asleep.  I have to say, we haven’t seen a lot of that recently.  Given how he goes after … Continue reading →

Last week a friend asked if Sydney and I subscribe to any particular parenting methodology.  That gave me some pause, since I don’t doubt that we have particular goals in our minds, even if they don’t fall neatly under particular … Continue reading →

This morning I was escorting Katherine up to the top floor to play, since Nathaniel was sleeping in her crib.  As we climbed past the first floor Katherine turned to me, put her finger up to her lips, and said, … Continue reading →

Lisa brought shirts for the kids when she visited this week.  Perhaps she knew that neither Sydney nor I have loyalties to particular sports teams, so our kids were up for grabs!  Can you guess her hometown?  Katherine modeled both … Continue reading →

Eight months into our English experience, Oxford feels very much like home.  That is particularly odd to me because 1) I don’t have a job that ties me to the town or to the university 2) we haven’t made a … Continue reading →

Yesterday we took a long family walk up Port Meadow, with more naan tucked in the bottom of the stroller and a telescope in Sydney’s backpack for birdwatching.  When we got to the meadow we were hailed by a guy … Continue reading →

The sniffles quickly escalated into full-blown colds in the kids, and I’m now coming down with it, too.  Nathaniel just gives cute little croaks, but Katherine knows that something is wrong and sobs around the house, “Ow, ow, ow.”  I … Continue reading →

We’ve been very lucky to have a number of friends swing by our place in their travels.  One of my college roommates, Courtney, happens to be finishing up her philosophy Ph.D. here, one of Sydney’s colleagues from Cornell, Flora, is … Continue reading →