by Mir | May 29, 2009 | What do I do all day?, Woohoo!
I’m sitting in a state campground, in a folding nylon camp chair, typing fireside, while Chickadee and Swan sit inside the trailer playing Rummikub. They are understandably tired, having talked non-stop on the drive up here, eaten their weight in snacks, dinner,...
by Mir | May 28, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
We went for a walk after dinner last night. Chickadee alternated inserting herself between me and Otto so that we couldn’t hold hands, grabbing one or the other of us from the outside and trying to pull us away from the other one, or marching up ahead in a...
by Mir | May 27, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
When I woke up before Otto’s alarm clock went off this morning, I just had a feeling it was going to be one of THOSE sorts of days. I wasn’t sure why I felt that way; I just did. Sometimes you just know. Today’s the day Chickadee goes to the...
by Mir | May 26, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Otto: So I was thinking, when we go camping this summer, we should go to Dearborn, Michigan. Chickadee: [blank stare] Otto: There’s some really cool stuff there. Like, Greenfield Village, which is set up like it was in olden times. And there’s a Ford...
by Mir | May 25, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So, as I mentioned in passing, before, I went on this weird restrictive diet to try to clear up some issues I was having with my skin. (And by “issues” I of course mean “leprosy-like eruptions.” Gosh, I hope you weren’t eating anything...