Archive for June, 2010

a summary of Sputnik

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

I have been writing a lot, it’s just all been on the kids’ site. You can go over there to check out the story of Samuel’s arrival, from the countdown to the liftoff and the ascent. There will be an orbit as well.

Not only have I been getting Sam used to the camera, we also had Breanna Fogg — who took such awesome shots of Lydia last year — to come by and get portraits of both children. They’re wonderful, of course.

Soon I shall tell you a side tale of the food people at Brookwood and how they delighted in trying to kill me.

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and now for something completely different

Friday, June 4th, 2010

It feels good to say, “my children.”

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they always find the cat people

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Over the past few years the soil around our house foundation settled, which created an annoying cave underneath our sidewalk and front porch. We’ve been meaning to get it filled back in, but it’s in a tricky spot so we still have our cave.

The cave now harbors a mama cat and six (at least) itty bitty baby kitties. Ohhh, how cute they are! Both Hermione and Renton have been watching them — thankfully without having a fit. They roll around and tackle each other, bat at our many weeds, check our our irrigation system, and prance around on our porch.

I am trying to not feel responsible for these cats, but oh, what shall I do with them? The life of a stray is so hard.

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