Child Harbat has learned to use our camera. I’m not surprised—after five minutes with my wife’s iPhone, CH was deleting apps and getting new ones she liked. Now when I download pictures from the camera I find, scattered among my…
In this world of 3D movies, motion-capture video games, and tablet computers, it’s nice to know that kids still love the basics. This weekend we went to a local health fair. Imagine stands hawking the benefits of brushing and flossing…
With the hubbub of the tenth anniversary of 9/11 over I’ve had time to reflect on what this day means to me. Like the pixels on a dragonfly’s eye we all have a slightly different perspective, and mine is not…
It’s amazing what five miles will do to your perspective. This weekend I flew across the continent and got to see all our country’s fantastic scenery from 30,000 feet and here’s what I concluded: we have a lot of empty…
I’ve tangled with this issue for a while, the impossibility of describing what it is to become a parent. It’s much like explaining three dimensions to a two-dimensional being, or explaining quantum physics and multi-dimensional space-time fabric to a drunk…
Labor Day is always bittersweet. The days are getting shorter, stores are trumpeting back-to-school sales, thoughts of homework, homeroom, and homesick are crowding little children’s minds, and summer weather is sliding into autumn. Here in Southern California our September and…
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