Swimming in the Pensieve

Hello, My Dear. (more…)

It’s a parent’s job… (more…)

Hello my dear,

I saw you tiptoing your way through the website today; and that, you’re using that travesty (xp) to get wireless connectivity at school. (more…)

It is 01:15 on Sunday morning and, my eldest/our second-eldest daughter is, at this very moment, on a Delta Airlines flight to Atlanta, Georgia; this being the first-leg of her journey to University, in Florida. In a scant 45 minutes or so, she will telephone me after she lands in Atlanta, to let me know how things are going, and to try to sense in me that I miss her more than I have allowed her realize. (more…)

They really do!

Please read this BBC article about the development of RSI in children who engage in, among other things, too much SMS messaging (more…)

A little less than four years ago, we entrusted our second-eldest daughter to the California Academy of Mathematics and Science, hosted (reasonably so, that is) by the California State University at Dominguez Hills. (more…)

We had a bit of a birthday party in the backyard, yesterday, for daughter #5.

At some point during the festivities daughter #4 instigated a turn in the flow of conversation; which I didn’t hear, but clarified after the fact. It was something that was substantially similar to a verbal exchange that took place a few months back; upon which, since I have a greater familiarity with the earlier event, I’ll base my comments. (more…)

Anya has been anticipating the arrival of the newest Guardians of Ga’Hoole book (Lasky, Kathryn. Guardians of Ga’Hoole: Book Eight - The Outcast. New York: Schoolastic, Inc., September 1, 2005.) in the same way she anticipates any forestalled opportunity for reading; almost a daily routine of jumping up and down in front of the mailbox. It finally arrived this afternoon. (more…)