Eric is a lucky boy. For his birthday today, he’s getting this card from Rada:
Its a Celtics player slam dunking the ball. Note the arrows pointing its trajectory. The player is #20, apparently of great meaning to a devotee such as Eric.
The inside of the card further celebrates Celtics pride:
with a trophy in the upper [...]
My daughter’s and my entire life revolves almost exclusively around 20 square blocks of Cambridge, Somerville, and part of Boston. Our primary modes of transit are walking, biking, taking the bus or T, and occasionally driving when necessary.
This week has been different. My daughter is in special day camp in Winchester and my mom is [...]
All over the house I constantly discover animals and things arranged as if in a still life or tableau:
Unicorn with plastic bottle.
Polar bear with hair clip and elk.
Dance party.
T-rex giving two baby bears a ride.
She sets them up absentmindedly, and then forgets about them. Aren’t they cool?
This evening, Rada decided she was a wise old dog named Shadow. I poured her a bowl of water which she messily lapped up from the kitchen floor. Then I set out a bowl of ‘dog food’ (actually dried apricots) which she knelt before and happily dug in.
After that, she decided she wanted to lick [...]
This morning, Rada and I walked to her school in the gentle, warm rain. Chatting and twirling our umbrellas, we made our way up the hill, over the train bridge, and then down the other side where her school came into view at the end of Webster Ave. She turned to me and said, [...]