Two Zinger Years
Winter is finally starting to retreat, and the warm weather calls to you every day. When you lead us to the door to go outside, we are excited to help you put your clothes on and let you roam the great...
View ArticleMeetings
Yesterday Reilly and I attended a video call with Z’s teachers for her yearly IEP. We talked about her goals and progress. Her teachers seemed impressed with how well she’s doing with online school....
View ArticleSupergroups I’m Currently Into
I’m With Her – bluegrass, Americana: Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan. Because I’m a long time Nickel Creek fan, I happened to come across their individual projects. I’ve seen both Punch...
View ArticleDance Festival
Our girl participated in an end-of-school dance festival today. She danced with the other first graders. She watched the video many times, she was familiar with the moves. But did she do the moves? No....
View ArticleDamn, This Album: Outside Child, by Allison Russell
A lot of critical acclaim erupted for this album, which does one of two things for me: makes me wait until the hype dies down, or makes me super excited and listen to it immediately. I ended up waiting...
View ArticlePower Outage
The power went out in my neighborhood today. It might have lasted two hours. We spent the time reading and playing outside. We also went out for tacos. I mean, it was 75 degrees and breezy. I’ve...
View ArticleJune 14
Today is Wednesday, June 16. Which means I’ve distanced by two days when Z got her first cavity filled. We scheduled the appointment last Wednesday, and I’ve tried not to stress out about it for five...
View ArticleProgressive Lenses as Metaphor
Not obsessing, I promise. Just wanted to show you what my glasses do. See how the text in the top half of the lens is smaller, and in the bottom the text is bigger? My eyeballs need these adjustments....
View ArticleSibling Voices
Last night before the movie I was introducing my brother to some friends. Sisters, actually. They were chatting with him when I asked, can you tell we’re related? And one of the sisters chuckled, “Yes,...
View ArticleAutumn Drive
Saturday morning we were discussing which drive we should go on to look at autumn leaves. In the past, we’ve driven the Alpine Loop. There have always been a lot of people. Lots of cars squeezing by...
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