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Archive: July 2008

Seeing Double

Coming up in August are my birthday and our wedding anniversary. Grandparents on both sides had the same idea for a suitable present: a new camera. We received two cameras of the exact same model this week. I guess they were afraid that there would...

Rolling: The Video Version

Now that Dom’s home and figured out how to get the video off the camera. Sophia rolls from Domenico Bettinelli on Vimeo. Confession: it’s a little staged, only a half roll. But she really did the full back to belly to back roll just...

Filling Buckets

During Sophia’s morning nap Isabella and I spent some time on the back porch.

Rolling, rolling, rolling

I remember the scene in Kafka’s Metamorphosis where Gregor, turned into a bug, lies on his back and can’t flip over. Gross, but also pathetic. I always feel a bit sorry for the helpless bug that can’t right itself. Recently...

Joseph Pearce on Shakespeare the Catholic

I’ve had Joseph Pearce’s new Shakespeare book on my wishlist since before its release—boy was I excited when I heard it was coming out!—but as I rarely buy new books, I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. Reader...

Texan at Heart

Amanda Witt writes that she is homesick for Texas. Me too. Especially after watching this fun travelogue she posted: Though, truth be told, I think I’d rather wait till it cools down a mite before we go for a visit. I do prefer summer in New...

Summmer Colds Are the Worst

I can’t write anything right now because even though I seem to be able to blog while in early labor, I have a terrible summer head cold and that’s much less conducive to creative thought. I woke up yesterday morning at 4:30 with my...

When Nature Comes to Call

Just after Dom came home this evening I found a tick on Sophia’s head. Ick!!! I’d thought it was just some matted hair and bent to investigate and found lots of legs. I freaked out, never having seen a tick before, despite years of...

Midnight Dancers

Midnight Dancers by Regina Doman It truly is delightful to see your favorite fairy tales given new life. I always liked the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses and I like it even better as a novel, I think, than as a fairy tale. Did I just say...

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