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Sydney had been planning to fly out to Boston tomorrow to give a paper at the philosophy association’s annual meeting.  But he’s now fighting his own round of the flu, and it looks like condition at the airports in both … Continue reading →

Ha.  Ha ha.  Not what we needed.  K managed to fend off the worst with a high fever and some sniffles (as well as waking nearly every hour for the past several nights).  I got nailed and am only just … Continue reading →

Last Sunday we had dinner with Sydney’s colleague, Chris, a man who bravely made the invitation for the whole family and who has two (grown) kids of his own.  Katherine did a great job of keeping her dress clean and … Continue reading →

Erin

Dissertation deadlines and the like have, to put it mildly, affected the Christmas spirit around here, but we’ve gotten a few nice surprises from Oxford to help us along.  On Friday Sydney and I enjoyed our first night out together, … Continue reading →

Conversing with Katherine is quite entertaining.  She spends much of her day looking and pointing at objects (which you are supposed to then name), but sometimes she goes on lectures, sitting perfectly upright, pointing at various things around the room, … Continue reading →

Erin

– We find ourselves living in a house with sloped floors.  The one in the main area is obvious, with a clear slope rising up to the kitchen–which was obviously a late addition in this house sometime in its 400-year … Continue reading →

Yeah, yeah, I know that for a lot of you diapers just mean “gross.”  You don’t need to read this.  Others of you, however, spend a good deal of your time contemplating the best way to keep your kids’ bottoms … Continue reading →

One of the quirks at Merton College is that people with junior research fellowships, e.g., like me, are also members of the College’s Governing Body. As expected, this means that I get to go to long meetings where we talk … Continue reading →