Its mid-October and there are several new styles appearing at the urban university where I work:
Ski Parka with Flip Flops: I’ve seen many people embody this style. It is as if the subject were dressed for winter from the knees up and for summer from the knees down.
Shorts with Mittens: This look is usually espoused by men. [...]
I live with a 5 year old food-consuming creature…
This morning it wolfed down 2 pieces of toast, 1 1/2 pears, and a healthy chunk of my favorite monteray jack cheese.
Yesterday, it dined on a huge bowl of noodles, followed by a generous serving of brocolli and a mountain of chicken nuggets.
After all this, it proceeded [...]
I seem to have found myself in the middle of a long narrative that shows no signs of ending.
It all started 4 days ago, walking home from work and daycare, when my daughter, as is her wont, asked me to tell her a story. I began recounting one of my formulaic tales: a cohort of [...]
My 5 year-old daughter really dislikes water in her eyes.
Yesterday, on a whim, I bought her swim goggles. I held little hope that the goggles would prevent water seepage, and even if they could, I wondered whether my daughter would be sufficiently brave enough to combat her already well-entrenched fears. But she got the [...]