Blue Moon (Dip-di-dip-di-dip)

Do you remember where you were the first time you heard “Blue Moon”? The first time for Rique (and possibly Margo) was in Starbucks on Sunday morning. I was amazed at how much of the “baum-ba-bom-bom” stuff I remembered.
More importantly, it was another article of proof that that son of ours really, really [...]

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On a night like this…

…the moon is almost as big as a streetlight.

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Imaginastics

Today was the last day of Margo’s Imaginastics class. She was absolutely in her element, and we had a blast watching her unabashed delight.
You really shoulda been there. I’m glad I was. It was the kind of afternoon that makes quitting my last job and taking a position close to home seem completely [...]

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There’s an app for this?

I may not have mentioned that a month or two ago, I caved into Em’s legitimate, persistent suggestion that our cell phones were old and cracked and unreliable and so on…and that my work/home balance would be greatly served by an iPhone.
Yesterday it occurred to me that there’s probably a free WordPress app (I [...]

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Namesake

Today I met a three-day-old twin boy who belongs to two joyous and grateful parents.
Unlike me, he will not know much solitude in his childhood.
Like me, he will be doted on by parents who waited and hoped for some time before having children.
Unlike me, he will grow up amid the smells of dogs and espresso [...]

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