Playing with my daughter involves spending huge amounts of time on the floor, taking on the personality of one of her trains. I am usually either Percy, Henry or Toby.
Typically, the ensuing drama is often related to conflict, such as several trains wanting to travel on the same track at the same time, or one [...]
Our friend Homa recently sent us photos from this past Halloween. If I don’t mind saying so, my daughter and I were looking particularly sharp that night.
The bloodless visage seemed to suit me, and Rada was positively glowing in train soot.
All in all, it was a fine Halloween. We were visited by elegant giants with hats to match, [...]
Rada has decided, when she grows up, to become a firefighter. She wants to ride in the fire truck and sleep at the firestation.
When asked what she will do with her babies while she’s fighting fires, she said, “I won’t have any babies. I can’t be a mommy _and_ a firefighter.”
I said, “Yes, you [...]
This week, the first after the end of Daylight Savings Time, has been disorienting. I feel I am walking to work in the middle of the morning, and walking home in the dead of night.
It is odd to be headed home surrounded by pitch black sky but warm pleasant breezes.
These early days of November feel out-of-sync [...]
I was appalled to witness the mild snowstorm this past Saturday evening. The date of the travesty was Oct 29th….. October…. the month, along with November, when Massachusettsians bask in the warmth of an autumnal glow with sunny days and crisp evenings.
Snow in October? No, it just doesn’t happen here.
So on Saturday evening, with big snow flakes wafting by [...]