There’s that quote that floats around mommy groups, about how the decision to have children is momentous because it means forever to have your heart walking around outside your body. True enough. Yesterday, though, it was not my heart, it was my genes. From time to time, the boys do something, anything, whatever, and it [...]
Archive for June, 2006
June 27 2006
Swimming Lessons!
Yesterday, we started swim lessons with the Mighty Hudson Boyos. I was totally unprepared for the lump in my throat when a total stranger read their names out on the roll call to get them paired up with their teachers. I mean, when choosing their names, we had thought about “sounds equally good on a [...]
June 26 2006
Chop Wood, Carry Water
Before enlightenment chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -Wu Li It’s been a fraught few weeks at work; horrible layoffs at Sun, and the new newsletter program launching. Guiding lots of people who are stressed out and unhappy and worried about their jobs through a brand new, highly-technical process. [...]
June 22 2006
The Editor is In
Lately, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to do developmental editing for some dear friends of mine. Each of them approached me, separately, with their brainchild, their creation, their work of…. fiction. Or not. =) Editing is a task of trust and faith. They trust that I will treat their baby kindly. I have faith [...]
June 13 2006
FatBrain Revisited
Some days, the camera hates you. And some days, it’s a totally different story. There’s this great discussion in “What The Bleep Do We Know?” about how the camera sees more than the eye, because it sees “without prejudice and without judgment.” You’ve all read my original FatBrain blog. It all started with a picture. [...]
