On his first birthday, Mr Kestrel Bastian thoroughly enjoyed his fresh-made strawberry ice cream, tried really hard to take some more steps, and cuddled up a storm with everyone who would pick him up. He played balloon forests with Rowan, had a short and very splashy bath, and then off to sleep. All in all, [...]
Archive for May, 2006
May 29 2006
Ahoy! — The Value of a Father
This is so not where I thought this was going to go. But you know, sometimes life just rears up and smacks you on the offside when you aren’t paying attention. It was my intent to blog about my adventures this week on the water. But instead, I’m going to blog about fathers. Because today’s [...]
May 29 2006
Ahoy!
This week, I’m having an adventure. I’ve taken a week off from my normal employment, and I’m taking a Basic Keelboat sailing course through OCSC. I’ll try to blog about it when I get home at night. Talking to Jason last night, I realized that I’m not nearly as nervous as I normally would be [...]
May 22 2006
My Boys Done Well
…no no, my other boys. Salty Walt and the Rattlin Ratlines. They won SFWeekly’s Best Sea Shanty Band I am just beside myself with glee. Check em out!!
May 21 2006
A Week Off the Wagon
Last week, I spent the entire week in the old-flourescent-lit, windowless, rat-infested basement of Moscone South, editing articles for the JavaOne conference. I arrived in the AM, and stayed through the late PM, four days straight. Sun bought all my meals. Oh. My. God. I had no idea, really, how amazingly, wildly different, my diet [...]
May 12 2006
Letter To Laura (Bush)
Got this in my inbox, from Codepink: On Mother’s Day weekend, May 13-14, we will bring 3,000 roses to grieving mothers of wounded soldiers who have little to celebrate this Mother’s Day. This central part of our 24-hour vigil honors the mothers and other women who have paid the greatest price for this administration’s senseless [...]
May 5 2006
FatBrain Strikes
It started innocently enough. A friend took a snapshot of me, Kestrel, Catalina (the other baby he was playing with), and her mommy. Her mommy was gorgeous. Thin, made-up, perfect hair, generally just all-around put together. I looked like absolute hell. I was making a bad face, but…. but…. I’m fat. For the first time [...]
May 4 2006
Welcome, Baby Boy R!!!!!!
Last night, my pal FR had her baby. He came to the world in the usual way; a peaceful, gentle, home waterbirth. Nothing remarkable. Except that he’s a VBAC baby, and FR had to fight, research, negotiate, plan, and stress to have that unremarkable birth. Since she told me she was in labor, I’ve been [...]
