Tiny Beastmaster
Every Thursday, Adrian attends an early morning science class for preschoolers. The sessions are about four weeks long, and have ranged over volcanoes, kinetic toys, geology, and now zoology. Today,...
View ArticleFlirting Using Taxidermied Ferrets Is A Whole Different Level of Move
Adrian might have a little crush on one of the girls in his science class. He spent a really long time playing with her and the ferret pelts. They were using the pelts to flirt by proxy, having them...
View ArticleThe Challenge to Science
“Daddy?” Erin asked, “I want to go in the backyard.” “But it’s wet back there today; it’s been raining,” I replied. I admit I was thinking more about clean kitchen floors than anything else. A better...
View ArticleOne Minute
I looked into your face today, my girl, and I saw your wisdom, your plans, and all your tricks and dreams. You are suddenly older, and I think I just saw it happen. For once, I saw it with my own eyes...
View ArticleHiding in the Stacks
I brought Adrian to the Stanford library today. His new favourite game is running down the dark rows to make the motion sensor lights turn on.
View ArticleA Tiny House to Catch a Fairy
Erin and Adrian have been giving a lot of thought to fairies: What do they eat? Do they leave you presents? Can they help you fly? Can they be lured into a clever trap and made to do one’s bidding,...
View ArticleErin and Adrian Go to the Bay Area Discovery Museum
Just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco sits Fort Baker. Fort Baker is an old army installation, and future site of the Starfleet Academy, but in the interim some of the old buildings...
View ArticleYour Stupid Pitch of the Day
An email I received this morning opened with these first two sentences: “Hi Shawn, Are you a Mom with an idea for a great new product? Mompreneur’s are taking the business world by storm and The Women...
View ArticleRez Stories: Grandfather’s Arrest
I prefer stories over theories. Stories help you experience and remember; theories help you explain and predict. Neither endeavour is flawless. Stories change over time, and in some ways, this is the...
View ArticleBackpacking Dad’s Southwest Road Trip (Part 1): The Calico Ghost Town
This is Part 1 in a series of stories (and tips) from our most recent road trip. Read Part 2, on Las Vegas, here. We began our Spring Break Road Trip Extravaganza late on a Friday afternoon. The first...
View ArticleBackpacking Dad’s Southwest Road Trip (Part 2): Las Vegas
This is Part 2 in a series of stories (and tips) from our most recent road trip. Read Part 1, on the Calico Ghost Town, here. We left Calico in the late afternoon, and settled in for the long stretch...
View ArticleBackpacking Dad’s Southwest Road Trip (Part 3): Flagstaff
This is Part 2 in a series of stories (and tips) from our most recent road trip. Read Part 1, on the Calico Ghost Town, here, and Part 2, on Las Vegas, here. We left the Las Vegas Strip just after...
View ArticleBackpacking Dad’s Southwest Road Trip, Part 4: The Grand Canyon
This is Part 4 in a series of stories (and tips) from our most recent road trip. Read Part 1, on the Calico Ghost Town, here, Part 2, on Las Vegas, here, and Part 3, on Flagstaff, here. Before we left...
View ArticleBackpacking Dad’s Southwest Road Trip Part 5: Phoenix
This is Part 5 in a series of stories (and tips) from our most recent road trip. Read Part 1, on the Calico Ghost Town, here, Part 2, on Las Vegas, here, Part 3, on Flagstaff, here, and Part 4, on the...
View ArticleBackpacking Dad’s Southwest Road Trip, Part 6: Disneyland
This is Part 6 in a series of stories (and tips) from our most recent road trip. Read Part 1, on the Calico Ghost Town, here, Part 2, on Las Vegas,here, Part 3, on Flagstaff, here, Part 4, on the Grand...
View ArticleCatching Up (No Photos)
It’s been a busy few months around here. Birthdays, trips, solo-parenting stints, medical procedures, working, avoiding working, working again. I stopped blogging in the middle of recounting our road...
View ArticleCatching Up (With Photos)
On a recent trip to Gilroy Gardens, Erin insisted on dressing “like Word Girl”. Word up. On a recent trip to the Hiller Aviation Museum, Erin insisted on sitting in the cockpit, like one of the Blue...
View ArticleHow I Spent My Summer Vacation (Part Whatever)
We’re in the middle of Erin’s first post-kindergarten week. This is also a week she is not in one of the many summer camps she’s signed up for this year. This is also a week I’m not feeling at my best...
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