Dear Friends (including those I have yet to actually meet in any fashion): I’ve missed you, and I’ve missed coming here to commune with you, and to tell you what I’ve been thinking about and what the [current] “haps” is … Continue reading
For those of you who haven’t yet seen this series, the basic gist comes from Kim John Payne’s book, Simplicity Parenting, wherein he suggests that we give our children ample opportunities to experience a little boredom, or more precisely, to … Continue reading
Some things change. We had Vanilla, now we have Sugar. Other things don’t change much at all. Hamster Heaven (the pre-death kind) was good enough for Vanilla, and it’s good enough for Sugar, too. Likewise, the girls still love this … Continue reading
Some cat killed a bird in our yard the other day. By some cat, I mean either one of our own two cuddly killers, or the strange new neighbor cat who was only a half-hour earlier shooed away from our … Continue reading
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We had an especially delicious time in the McTague household this past weekend. There was the usual fare of going to our favorite café, innumerable scooter trips around the block, playing with friends, fussing over the minute to minute needs … Continue reading
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Echo has a story to tell her grandpa, Juju. It’s about daily life in her household, and her medium is in the form of a couple-dozen-odd digital photographs. Each one was individually significant for her, and each one specifically chosen … Continue reading
Our girls are wizards of the pretend world. They can take any miniscule piece of factual information, or scrap of a semi-functional prop, and turn it into the grandest story line of all time. Often the premise is quite simple … Continue reading
Our girls share a very active fantasy life. There are dragons and faeries, princesses and princes, mermaids and mystics, and magic in the ether around them, folding into their daily lives and influencing them as they move from one … Continue reading
‘Member when Bella was a dwarf? No, not really. Actually she’s got two wooden legs. They’re hollow. Fortunately for our grocery bill, they’re also collapsable. But seriously… Have you ever tried this classic Tim Conway bit with your kid(s)? Just … Continue reading
These girls, I’ll tell you, they are some creative souls. I don’t know from where the idea came, but Bella and Xi have been writing and co-illustrating a graphic novella. Echo is their agent. The story is amazing. There’s a … Continue reading
