So the first day, it was the chickens. I’d put the iPhone down, stepped away from my technology to improvise with Linda in her studio, which she built herself (with a little help). When the phone rang at the house…
Category: travel
bringing out the camera
The side effect of leaving my computer home? This morning, I got up early and took out my new camera. I started shooting and then quickly remembered that without my laptop, I don’t have access to the photoshop version that…
kauai with preschooler, days 2-through-8 (round 3)
And poof, it’s over. Am already back in Oakland which was shivery and cold and gray from the moment we returned through midday today, just depressing enough to make the already fading memories of the trip a little more vivid…
lightning mcqueen vs. the dinosaurs (with special thanks to the lawrence hall of science)
For now, dinosaurs win. From the previous postings, you’d think we were all CARS all the time around here. But no. In fact, the most popular characters in our imaginary play lately have been dinosaurs. Jonah’s favorites are T-Rex and…
in which i inadvertently introduce violent toys into his life and we wax philosophical about poohpooh
I subscribe to Freecycle. As a Freecycler, I’ve passed along some pretty cool stuff and picked up some pretty cool stuff. There have been duds. The trio of giant wicker pumpkins comes to mind. It’s a bit like gambling. Or…
day out with thomas
Thomas the Tank Engine takes time out from his busy schedule as a Very Useful Engine on the Island of Sodor in order to travel around the United States and pull wagons full of adoring fans at various steam train…
plane trip
Jonah’s been really into playing airplane travel lately. He gets my camera bag — which is about the size of a carryon for a toddler, and hangs it over his arm. Sometimes he fills it with the coins from his…
traveling with toddler kauai day 4 – 8: it’s over already?
Whooosh! And then we flew home. Live blogging the vay-kay stalled mid-trip due to my trying to upgrade the platform of this blog and thereby breaking it. The lovely hosts at blue host had a backup they could revert to…