by Mir | Jul 17, 2013 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’m sure this is going to come as a shock to some of you, and I hope it’s not too devastating, but… I don’t think either of my kids are going to end up at the Olympics. Or getting sports scholarships to college. Weird, right? I mean, I myself...
by Mir | Jul 15, 2013 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I miss Otto’s mother the most when we’re getting ready to go camping or when we’ve just returned. Otto loves to recount stories of his youth, when his father wound his way around the country to various military bases on short assignments, and the...
by Mir | Jul 12, 2013 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!, Ottomatic For the People
So the supplies were gathered up, the trailer packed, and this is the part where I would normally conclude “and we were off in a cloud of dust,” except it has been so rainy that there is no dust. We were off in a cloud of mud? Mud doesn’t really...
by Mir | Jul 9, 2013 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I found myself babbling to the cashier at the grocery store today—not that this is unusual, really—about how you spend the early years of a kid’s life exhorting them to please, pleeeeeeease, EAT SOMETHING, and then they become teenagers and as...
by Mir | Jul 8, 2013 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Job? Huh?
I don’t really wear makeup. This is because: 1) I work from home, and prefer hiding in my office to interacting with people, and 2) I am exceedingly lazy. On a day when I’m working from home (most weekdays) or just puttering around the house (most...
