During our outing Friday to the International District, Abigail was animated. Perhaps it was just the contrast of taking Little Girl to the Big City. But she seemed suddenly mature. She had her own observations to make, her own perspective to share on what she saw from the sidewalk scene to the restaurant bathroom. Unlike […]
Entries from May 2004
Up the escalator
May 2nd, 2004 · 2 Comments
Tags: family
In search of…
May 2nd, 2004 · Comments Off on In search of…
Our story of searching for dim sum (and other goodies) in Seattle’s International District last Friday. I rarely get to go for dim sum and now I’ve gone twice in two weeks: once in Seattle and once in Boston. Ted and I don’t often make the trip – only when Ted’s parents are in town […]
Tags: seattle
Helpless but not homeless
May 2nd, 2004 · 1 Comment
I think I feel the same way about home ownership as Scheherazade does: There are a million things like the air filter that are involved with owning a home — things that require errands and purchases and fiddling around with machinery, things that will involve people looking at me and matter-of-factly asking questions like, “Well, […]
Tags: family
Running a late-night Taxi service and other lessons
May 2nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Running a late-night Taxi service and other lessons
John Porcaro honored his parents with a lengthy post celebrating their 50th anniversary. It’s an excellent synopsis of what he learned from his mom and dad. Here are some title highlights: There’s No Such Thing as Getting Rich Quick Sometimes a Car is Just a Car Most of Life’s Great Lessons Occurred Around the Dinner […]
Tags: family
Giving pause
May 2nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Giving pause
This week Jeffy at Mad Times posted his review of Getting Things Done by David Allen. I appreciate how Jeffy described the book’s methodology. I confess I’ve gone a bit off the bandwagon from where I once was with getting things done. Part of that is because our life is a bit slow and simple […]
Tags: books
