It’s often been noted that great artists and poets and scientists and that ‘creative’ lot seem to do their best work early in life. (When John Keats was my age, for example, he’d been dead for 14 years.) This was hammered home to me this morning as I cooked bacon and eggs for SOBUMD, the […]
So there I was, minding my own business, when Number-One Son ordered me to listen to him read from the book that SOBUMD and I got him when we were in NYC this weekend. First thing to note is that when I walk downstairs and find him watching TV, he’s usually watching the Discovery Health […]
Well, there’s no denying it, not that there ever was, really. But still: Tonight was "Back to School Night" – you may have had this joy yourself; going to the school of your precious lil child, bringing back the memories of your own second grade: the world-wide smell of something undefined, yet unaccountably nasty, just […]
Number One Son, who is in fact Only Son, is, today, on this First Day of Summer, just as this June date was the first day of Summer 8 years ago, is eight years old today! Happy Birthday to my, and the, Number One Son!
This afternoon, Number One Son, who is all of seven years old, went to see the Dr for his bi-annual checkup. The Dr gave him the once-over and asked him, “How are you?” Quoth the Number One Son, with no prompting nor warning of any kind: “I’m now leading a tobacco-free lifestyle.” WTF? The Dr, […]