Our middle daughter Michaela is articulate, funny and helpful. She can keep up with her older sister in many ways. Sometimes Ted and I forget she is only four. The balloon she received as a birthday gift earlier this month lost its lift and had been sagging on the floor, a deflated dragonfly. I explained […]
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Flickr fix for a four -year-old
October 21st, 2004 · Comments Off on Flickr fix for a four -year-old
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“What is N – E – R – D – S ?”
September 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on “What is N – E – R – D – S ?”
After coming home from a birthday party today, Abigail started sorting through her loot, examining the labels on the treats. Since she doesn’t often eat candy or even see it, she had a few questions and quizzical expressions. Abigail asked, “What is N – E – R – D – S?” Ted and I started […]
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Epiphanies happen
August 15th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Last week I was driving through a double rainbow, heading south on I-5, when something happened to me. First I must confess that when I took my turn at the wheel and Ted took out his Powerbook to play MP3s, I groaned. Is this what life with a geek is like? I wondered to myself. […]
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My OSCON appearance
August 3rd, 2004 · Comments Off on My OSCON appearance
Missed it? So did I. I miscommunicated with Ted and also miscalculated the amount of time I would need to leave the house that morning so I arrived at the Portland Marriott late enough to see a few attendees hanging outside the lobby. Sigh. Maybe next time I’ll make a more timely arrival and put […]
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Misplaced priorities
June 10th, 2004 · Comments Off on Misplaced priorities
When I visited Evan and Lisa Williams, I saw a Dylan mug – the one with multicolor squares – and remembered that we too had such paraphernalia at our home. Or at least we had. I felt nostalgic. Coming home I asked my husband where our Dylan items were. We searched his closet but couldn’t […]
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