Life changes in a second or two…we have come to know that. A misstep, a speeding paint truck, a diagnosis, a sloppy politician who has the nuclear codes, a tsunami or earthquake…poof…our beautiful lives are gone or irrevocably changed. While we are in these lives though, it is worthwhile to notice them, to be impressed […]
the usual blend of magic and fun. The day began with a quick chat before the parents headed to work when suddenly Zach noticed that a deer was staring right at us… and then it started to rain and POUR, so the projected park visit was out. Sidney gave me some advice on the last […]
We tend to use our Thursdays in Portland with Sidney as opportunities to see some art AND to play, and it often works pretty well. Sidney, as was his father before him, is a very good sport and we try to find interesting stuff to look at. We headed to Portland in the usual rainstorm […]
The Lan Su Chinese Garden (poetically “Garden of Awakening Orchids”) in Portland was completed in 2000, and I’ve long wanted to go for a visit. R noticed this year that our Oregon Historical Society memberships gave us free entrance to the garden in March so it became the birthday excursion last Thursday, my birthday AND […]
What a wet winter this has been…and still is. One sunny day seems like a miracle, and the most recent one coincided with Sidney Day which meant more fun…the usual early departure…misty sun along the river… Playground action all morning…”who’s that trippy-tropping on my bridge?” a great slide… producing some static electricity in the hair […]
Thursday was Sidney day and though it had a fort in it… it was more about trains… Harry was playing… but we got dressed and headed out… this week to Eutectic Gallery to see the “Nasty Women” show…interesting from the perspective of one who has no cultural perspective… or rather, from one who has a […]
Sidney and his parents moved to a new house Monday. For the grown-ups it was a long and exhausting day. Our assignment though was to take Sidney away all day, after watching the event get started, and play. So we did. We arrived early to find the “old house” looking serene and calm from the […]
Did you ever have a day when you just DID NOT want to go out? Last Thursday for me… I wasn’t “unwell” exactly, and my mother is far beyond my reach, but it was a matter of comfort. I needed a day of doing small things. Getting some envelopes ready to mail… packing away Christmas… […]
We were up at Sidney’s house over the weekend and his Mommy gave him the smartest haircut I’ve ever seen. Sidney doesn’t watch TV and only a few videos, but he loves to watch. On this day he got to watch a Thomas the Train video … His mommy worked away while he watched… and […]
This week Sidney has his first dentist appointment and we were given the day off…so I’m reaching back into my now VAST archive of pictures of this small person…and this is how he looked last year at this time…what a miracle of growth these first few years are, and how lucky we have been to […]
On The Way 