Monthly Archives: May 2012

My days with the kids tend to fall into one of two camps: giddy, picturesque adventures with much imagination and exercise, or prolonged battles and whines that leave all of us exhausted.  Sydney has been gone two days, and we’ve … Continue reading →

Early tomorrow morning Sydney will catch a flight to Ithaca, where he’ll be giving a paper at a conference later this week.  He is, as you might expect, working furiously to get the logistics taken care of and the paper … Continue reading →

– Although Katherine appears to be standing in the middle of a prairie, she is, in fact, standing in our back yard.  The guy who mows the college properties appeared about a month ago (when it was raining incessantly), saw … Continue reading →

I would love to be the voice for audio books.  I have listened to very few audio books, and I have a fierce devotion to books as printed text on paper, but my fancy is taken by the thought of many … Continue reading →

Life has been a bit like the weather around here recently: a smattering of rain and clouds each day, but with bits of sunshine and bliss whenever and wherever you least expect them.  Sydney’s gearing up for another conference presentation, … Continue reading →

I was recently given a pass for two free swimming sessions at a local pool, so I took the opportunity to get the kids some swimsuits and introduce them to something bigger than our bathtub.  Unfortunately, the pool close to … Continue reading →

Trying to inflate the air mattress: Dragging around my laptop bag: The vacuum cleaner: And weightlifting. For a while he was very impressively holding it above his head in one hand, but it came down the instant he saw the … Continue reading →

On our way to a new playground, two miles from our home, I asked Katherine to get out and walk, rather than make me push a fully-loaded stroller up an interminable hill.  She dutifully joined me, holding tightly to the … Continue reading →

Every spring Sydney succumbs to an unusual illness.  He starts making regular references to dirt, looks wistfully at birds and out windows, and utters an only slightly more sophisticated version of Nathaniel’s “Out, out, out!”  Most people get spring fever, … Continue reading →