With Ted away, I’ve been playing the radio more. A habit I learned growing up, I suppose. I like music when I’m lonely. I don’t listen to the radio much. But since the weekend I’ve had it on for hours a day. The same station. Friday I heard a song I liked. It was new […]
Entries from March 2004
I liked it the first time
March 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off on I liked it the first time
Tags: journal
Heckling Hector
March 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Heckling Hector
Go say hi to Hector! I liked Steven Noels’ photo of his fine feathered friend. I thought about Hector today as we were visiting a farm. Chickens were running around across the barnyard: free range?!. Even Elisabeth enjoyed them. They came in all kinds of colors and feathers. One chicken – rooster? – reminded me […]
Tags: family
Me & my bus
March 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Me & my bus
I avoided a double stroller as long as I could. When my second child arrived, I used my backpack with the single stroller. It worked for a while. Until I got pregnant with Elisabeth. But by then even Michaela was a good walker. I knew though that it would be difficult to keep track of […]
Tags: motherhood
Running away from me already
March 23rd, 2004 · 2 Comments
Elisabeth’s at the stage where she thinks it’s cute and funny to run away from me. She discovering her freedom, seeing how fast she can move her little legs. Today she toddled away from me down the ferry aisle, still wearing her plastic orange bib. I get a bit frustrated: I do want her to […]
Tags: motherhood
Looking for latte in all the wrong places
March 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Looking for latte in all the wrong places
A family sitting behind us on the ferry boat this morning was unaware that the food service has stopped and the cafeteria is closed. It was one of those times when I didn’t know whether lean over the seat and interrupt their conversation with correction, as a nosy neighbor, but eventually they found something in […]
Tags: island
