Dad called me the other day and sent me to NPR.org for a cool segment on how babies learn to speak. “We want to know how it is that we train our muscles, our tongues and lips to do that very precise mother-tongue kind of thing,” Kuhl...
Note: Please, for the sake of my sanity and to facilitate a reasonable discussion, read my previous 2 posts on Harry Potter as well as all of the linked posts by Scott Peterson as well as the comments threads on those posts before posting a comment...
A blogger is posting entries from The Diary of Samuel Pepys online: This site is a presentation of the diaries of Samuel Pepys, the renowned 17th century diarist who lived in London, England (read more about him). A new entry written by Pepys will...
Dom has a new blog about cooking and food called In the Kitchen with Bella to which I’ll also be contributing, I hope with some frequency. We’re trying to recruit my sister to post there as well. We’re both passionate about food...
Today was Bella’s two-month checkup, which meant, among other things, that she received three shots in her legs, poor thing. She’s healthy and strong. Now weighs 11 pounds, 12 ounces, is 23 1/2 inches long. Still growing fine, in the...
Dom and I were talking yesterday in the car about how wonderful it is being parents. And how often in the media you hear only about how hard it is to be a parent and not about the joys. And actually how often you hear from parents themselves more...
Note: Please, for the sake of my sanity and to facilitate a reasonable discussion, read my previous post on Harry Potter as well as all of the linked posts by Scott Peterson as well as the comments threads on those posts before posting a comment on...
So it’s 3 am and I’m up feeding the baby again. I pick up my laptop and check my email. There’s the daily readings waiting for me (thanks to The Daily Gospel online service). I guess I should read them since I’ll probably be...
My recent post on My Cup of Tea reminded me of a recent conversation with my sister on the subject of Catholic parenting. She had told me about a friend who is discerning a vocation to marriage. With a specific young man. She’s a recent...
Went to the Marblehead farmer’s market this morning. The third Saturday in a row we’ve managed to make it out there. It’s a great place with half a dozen farms represented including a farm that specializes in oriental veggies and...
