Monthly Recap: May 2016
Eating, sleeping, playing, running, meeting friends, a few trips to the Farmer’s Market downtown, etc. I saw a couple of episodes of Midsomer Murders and mourned the passing of Book Buyers from Mount…
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Eating, sleeping, playing, running, meeting friends, a few trips to the Farmer’s Market downtown, etc. I saw a couple of episodes of Midsomer Murders and mourned the passing of Book Buyers from Mount…
About ten years ago I had this idea of a half-poetry, half-prose piece of surreal fiction, that stayed locked in my head and grew rusty over time. A few months ago (starting with NaNoWriMo 2015, but…
Nothing out of the ordinary this month, a bunch of steady plodding stuff: we got Tara her first set of blocks (”Mega Blocks”), and a “learning tower” (see this YouTube video for an exaggerated use cas…
The month was a blur, mostly because three whole weeks was vacation time! Tara had her longest travel ever (yet), with a seven-hour flight followed by a ten-hour flight to get from San Francisco to Ne…
February went by really fast. Went to a bunch of places, ate a bunch of stuff, but it's all a blur. Tara turned 15 months (so, one-twelfth of the distance to 15 years), and can spout little mono…
Can't believe the first month of 2016 is already over. The big highlight (for me) is that I started running again, trying to keep it once a week on Sunday mornings. The current goal is to do a 14…
So this appeared when I looked out of a window today ...…
What a month ... and what a year! Big highlight of the month was Tara's first birthday party, which somehow went off better than I had expected (I plan not to have any more big birthday parties u…
November was a happening month: It ended with Tara turning ONE, and began with a week-long trip to London. The plane ride was a long-ish one (and clearly the last time we're going to travel withou…
In no particular order: * The 90s are back! Next year will bring new episodes for both Twin Peaks and X-Files. * My wife gifted me tickets to the opening day show of the new Star Wars movie (trail…
I've been fooling around with the idea of NaNoWriMo (or NAtional NOvel WRiting MOnth) for a while now, but this year I'd like to commit to it publicly. I don't think I'll actually end…
The highlight of October: Tara is now walking! (all over the place! insert combination of happy-smiley/scared-smiley) Also, I have slowly started running again (the last time I ran at all was last No…