Jack’s in baseball again. We’ve decided to go ahead and enroll him for the spring, even though I can’t imagine how I’m going to handle getting him there. I’ll work it out. We had a TWO HOUR PRACTICE TODAY OH MY GOD. Two hours is a long time. The Professor is out of town (we…
Category: Alabama
All is Merry and Bright
Last night we had planned to head to the botanical gardens and see them all lit up for Christmas, but Lower Alabama has been dumping rain for days, so we abandoned the plan. Instead, we found a drive-through light show set up in the parking lot of the local minor league baseball stadium. At $6…
Robbed
“This season is a thief” I read online somewhere. A thief of daylight, of the sun, a thief of warmth, green. Even here in the deep South, with the seventy degree anomalies sprinkled in among the brisker winter days, I feel a bit desperate as the winter solstice comes on. It is dark before my workday…
Slice of Life
Liam-isms. Observing Jack drawing a picture: Why Jack, you’ve outdone yourself! Waiting for Jack to cross the road and join him on a sidewalk during a family walk: You’d better get over here toot sweet, buddy! I wonder where these turns of phrase come from, until later in the week I am watching Wreck It Ralph,…
A Bit Beat
I just dropped a cool wad o’ cash at Old Navy for some duds for my oldest dude. Every spring and fall I do a shop like this – either at Children’s Place or Old Navy or Target or somewhere – and nowadays I tell myself “this will get two more kids’ worth of wear,”…