Archive > October 2008

Letting go.

The Kid is growing up so very fast. Today we went to Target to buy his first big-boy underwear, because he’s somehow figured out how to go pee in the potty enough to stay dry during the day. I still put him in diapers during his nap, just in case, and obviously for overnight, though [...]

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Reasoning.

This is why 32-year-olds shouldn’t go on slides meant for toddlers.

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Sea of trees…

Mike and I were talking this morning about religious belief, intelligence and science.  I remarked that I didn’t have faith in anything, but after thinking about that further I realize it’s not completely true.  I have faith in one thing and one thing only: that everything is changing at every moment.  Nothing is static: not [...]

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HawkWatch 2008.

The Kid adored his first boat trip!  He was very excited when the boat went fast and loved walking around on deck to watch the wake and see the mountains.  We only saw two red-tailed hawks, lots of vultures, kingfishers, starlings, a green heron and some kind of larger water bird I didn’t recognize.  I [...]

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