Took my daughter to the doctor yesterday. Baby Harbat loves our pediatrician, a big bear of a man with gentle hands and calming manner. She sat dutifully for her ear and nose checkups, and watched with fascination as he held…
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Sleeping with the Fishes
I had a triple feature of dreams last night. It began with a swim through my backyard that was a few feet deep in water from the pool overflowing. Neighbor kids were swimming next door and waded over to my…
Dinobreadasaurus
Daylight Savings threw everyone into a tizzy on Sunday. Baby Harbat decided nap time would come much, much later than normal, then spent first 20 minutes of nap standing up in her crib, throwing every loose object onto the floor,…
Beautiful Decay
I’ve always been interested in places that were something once. In San Francisco a friend of mine took me to a waterfront area chock-a-block with old warehouses, classically-detailed buildings filled with mysterious and massive electrical equipment, and huge fenced-off areas…
Tastes Hobbity
[Disclaimer: If you haven’t seen the Lord of the Rings movies, this post will make no sense to you.] [Disclaimer 2: If you have seen the movies, this still won’t make sense. Onward!] Two dreams about making bread. …
Plop Plop Fizz Fizz
My wife recently told me about a new product that could radically improve our lives. She found it in the Solutions catalog. This company, if you aren’t hip, provides “solutions” to life’s persistent problems. One of their solutions is a…
Mock…yeah!
I went to sleep last night with a mockingbird singing outside. It’s luxurious, really, to hear birdsong at night when you go to bed, like falling asleep in chair on a summer afternoon, a glass of lemonade sweating beside you.…
Cree-Pee
Woke up at 4 am this morning, as per usual. Not got up, mind you, woke up. Not sure why my body does this, but this stutter-step into the real getup at 6 is no fun. I woke up in…
Le Petit Diabolique Écolier
Chocolate biscuit update! Not content to let me wife badmouth my second most favorite cookie, I did some investigation. Petit Ecolier plain Looks harmless enough. Here’s a closer look at that beautiful kisser. Petit Ecolier face I don’t know whether…
Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh
A few nights ago I was putting Baby Harbat to bed. Here’s the scene: I’m holding her and rocking before I put her in her crib—this is quiet snuggly time and she’s supposed to be winding down to go to…
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